Stories for September 2011

Monday, September 26th 2011 - 06:42 UTC
Palestinians ready for negotiations if Israel freezes construction of settlements

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas repeated his refusal to talk with Israel without a settlement freeze after international mediators, responding to his United Nations bid for statehood, urged negotiations within a month.
Monday, September 26th 2011 - 06:34 UTC
IMF insists Argentina must improve measuring inflation method

Nicolas Eyzaguirre, the IMF director for Latin America, stated that Argentina must apply “major measures” to improve its method of measuring the inflation.
Monday, September 26th 2011 - 06:27 UTC
The Economist analyzes trade restrictions (protectionism) in Argentina and Brazil

The Economist in its latest edition has a two-chapter piece on trade restrictions imposed by South America’s two biggest economies. The first (“Keep Out”) refers to Argentina and the second (“A self made siege’) to Brazil.
Monday, September 26th 2011 - 04:43 UTC
Argentine inflation controversy reaches the courts: Judge subpoenaed reporters

An Argentine Judge has subpoenaed six newspapers for the names and phone numbers of all reporters and editors who have covered Argentina's economy the past five years, so they can be called as witnesses against their sources.
Monday, September 26th 2011 - 04:37 UTC
Chavez says he’s fine but admits feeling “a little diminished’ and short in red cells

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that he is recovering “favourably” from the “impacts” of his fourth and latest round of chemotherapy, although he admitted that he feels that his physical strength is “a little diminished”.
Monday, September 26th 2011 - 04:07 UTC
Los Pumas snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.

No one would relish a match against the host nation of the Rugby World Cup, but Argentina, unless the improbable happens next weekend, will face the “All Blacks” in the quarter-finals on 9th October.
Monday, September 26th 2011 - 03:58 UTC
Huge blackout exposes vulnerability of world’s main copper supplier energy grid

A massive power blackout on Saturday paralyzed crucial copper mines in Chile and darkened vast swaths of the country including the capital Santiago before energy started to be restored, officials said.
Monday, September 26th 2011 - 03:53 UTC
LAN assessing regulator’s tough conditions for the takeover of Brazil’s TAM

LAN Airlines said it hopes its multibillion-dollar takeover of Brazil's TAM will be completed in the first quarter of 2012, but it is studying conditions imposed by Chile's regulator.
Monday, September 26th 2011 - 03:34 UTC
G77 urges UK to return to Malvinas sovereignty negotiations with Argentina

For the first time ever the 131 Foreign Affaire ministers from the countries in the G77 coalition plus China urged the United Kingdom to return to negotiations with Argentina over the sovereignty of the Falklands/Malvinas Islands, the Argentine Foreign Ministry informed on Sunday.
Monday, September 26th 2011 - 03:27 UTC
Latin America situation ‘solid’ but not ‘immune’; watch the fiscal front, says IMF

The head of the IMF for the Western Hemisphere Department Nicolás Eyzaguirre discards an outflow of capitals from Latin America as a consequence of the current global situation and pointed out that the region’s position is solid.