Stories for August 2011

Wednesday, August 10th 2011 - 07:18 UTC
Murdered French women suspects’ genetic samples sent to Buenos Aires for DNA testing

Genetic samples extracted from the six suspects arrested in connection to the murder of two French tourists in the northern Argentina province of Salta were submitted Tuesday to the Biochemistry School at the University of Buenos Aires.
Wednesday, August 10th 2011 - 05:38 UTC
London relatively quite with 16.000 police, but rioting extends to other cities

Hundreds of people were arrested as the worst rioting in a generation spread from London to cities across the length and breadth of England.
Wednesday, August 10th 2011 - 01:10 UTC
President Piñera loosing the education reform battle with Chilean students

Chilean riot police fired tear gas and used water cannons Tuesday to disperse violent protesters of an originally peaceful student demonstration that turned wild in the capital Santiago. Police said 273 protestors were detained and 23 police officers injured.
Tuesday, August 9th 2011 - 22:17 UTC
Argentina’s Congress ‘inflation index’ for July, 1.62%, doubles the official rate

Argentina’s “Congress inflation index” reached 1.62% in July, confirming well over 23% for the last twelve months according to the latest release from the Lower House.
Tuesday, August 9th 2011 - 21:53 UTC
Inflation in China higher than expected; food prices climb 14.8% in 12 months

Inflation in China was higher than expected in July, despite a series of efforts by the government to rein in prices. Consumer prices in July rose 6.5% compared with the same month last year, the National Bureau of Statistics said.
Tuesday, August 9th 2011 - 21:12 UTC
Corruption-shocked Brazilian government paralyzed; agenda blocked in Congress

Brazil’s federal Police arrested on Tuesday Deputy Tourism Minister in a corruption sweep tied to funding for major sports events, the latest in a series of scandals to tarnish President Dilma Rousseff’s government.
Tuesday, August 9th 2011 - 21:09 UTC
Argentina (and South America) “prepared to face rich countries economic crisis”

Argentina’s Minister of Economy and President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner running mate for the upcoming presidential elections Amado Boudou stressed Tuesday that the country is ready to face the recent international economic crisis that has pushed world markets down for the past week.
Tuesday, August 9th 2011 - 20:11 UTC
Federal Reserve anticipates low rates and current stimuli level through mid-2013

The Federal Reserve said on Tuesday it will keep its hefty monetary policy stimulus for at least another two years, an effort to support a flagging economy and fragile global markets that face considerable selling spree.
Tuesday, August 9th 2011 - 19:25 UTC
“Demanding Falklands’ sovereignty talks before anything else, states Argentina’ current default position”

In an interview with the Buenos Aires Herald, Argentine Defence Minister Arturo Puricelli demands that Falklands’ sovereignty talks must be started before any other issues can be discussed.
Tuesday, August 9th 2011 - 12:58 UTC
Brazil Defence minister wants the South Atlantic as a peace zone shared with Africa

Brazil’s new Defence minister Celso Amorim said he plans closer links with Unasur (Union of South American Nations) and Africa to ensure the South Atlantic turns into a peace zone free of weapons of mass destruction.