Stories for May 2011

Wednesday, May 18th 2011 - 06:58 UTC
UK Foreign Office Minister visits Uruguay to strengthen trade and political ties

Foreign Office Minister for Latin America Jeremy Browne will be visiting Uruguay from 20-21 May where he will be meeting government officials and key business people to strengthen ties between UK and the Mercosur member.
Wednesday, May 18th 2011 - 06:55 UTC
Moyano ignores threats: “as far as I know, Cristina is running for re-election”

Argentina’s organized labour chief Hugo Moyano further escalated the controversy with the government saying he supports President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner re-election next October and cautioned that she is the only candidate he has vowed to back.
Wednesday, May 18th 2011 - 06:48 UTC
Global operators anticipate “tourism explosion” from China, India and Brazil

China, India and Brazil are poised to fuel an explosion in international tourism in the coming years helping to create jobs in countries ready for it, and trouble for those that lag, industry leaders say.
Wednesday, May 18th 2011 - 06:45 UTC
The Queen in historic reconciliation visit honours Ireland’s freedom fighters

Queen Elizabeth honoured Irish people killed fighting for independence from Britain in a powerful gesture of reconciliation few people would have believed possible even in recent times.
Tuesday, May 17th 2011 - 23:31 UTC
US dollar status as world’s single reserve currency will end by 2025

The United States dollar status as the world’s single reserve currency will end by 2025, according to a new report by the World Bank.
Tuesday, May 17th 2011 - 23:16 UTC
Latin America has 45% of under 18, equivalent to 81 million living in poverty

Almost 81 million children under 18 suffer from poverty in Latin America which is equivalent to 45% of that age group according to a study by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Tuesday, May 17th 2011 - 23:12 UTC
Argentina/Brazil meet next week to address trade differences

Argentina and Brazil agreed Tuesday to resume ‘constructive’ trade negotiations to overcome the current bilateral dispute which surfaced following the latest protectionist measures that threaten exports from the two main Mercosur partners.
Tuesday, May 17th 2011 - 17:39 UTC
Brazil non automatic import licences on blankets from China and Uruguay

Brazil announced it was imposing non automatic import licences on synthetic fibre blankets from Paraguay, Uruguay and China, according to an official communiqué from the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade released Tuesday.
Tuesday, May 17th 2011 - 17:13 UTC
Humala or Keiko, they will have to work hard for parliamentary support

Whatever happens next June 5 when the Peruvian presidential run-off between Ollanta Humala and Keiko Fujimori, none of them will have a clear support in the 130 seats Congress which will force alliances as has been the recent legislative history of the Andean country.
Tuesday, May 17th 2011 - 15:42 UTC
Brazil insists with an emerging economy Managing Director for the IMF

Brazil’s former Foreign Affairs minister Celso Amorim said that the next IMF Managing Director must come from an emerging economy if Dominique Strauss-Kahn, currently in custody in New York on alleged rape charges finally looses his job.