Stories for October 20th 2011

Thursday, October 20th 2011 - 06:51 UTC
Cuba to lease larger plots to private farmers hoping to increase food production

Cuba will greatly expand the amount of land granted to private farmers, an agriculture official said on Wednesday, as the country struggles to boost food production.
Thursday, October 20th 2011 - 06:48 UTC
Repsol invites US to check its oil rig standards before drilling in Cuban waters

Repsol YPF SA, which is scheduled to begin exploratory drilling in Cuban waters, has offered US agencies an opportunity to inspect the vessel and its equipment before it arrives at the well site, US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Director Michael R. Bromwich said.
Thursday, October 20th 2011 - 06:44 UTC
Brazil’s ‘beautiful game’ fans want big boss ‘cartola’ out

Ricardo Teixeira has dominated Brazilian football for so long that, like many of the best players, he is known by just one name. They call him the “cartola,” literally the “top hat,” a title given to football bosses that instil respect and fear in equal measure and can carry more than a hint of shadiness.
Thursday, October 20th 2011 - 06:42 UTC
Argentina poised to become a poultry power over the coming years

The Dutch-based agro-investment bank Rabobank believes that Argentina is primed for significant and very competitive growth, where poultry production is concerned over the coming years.
Thursday, October 20th 2011 - 04:21 UTC
‘The role of the State’ to be discusses in the Ibero-American summit

“State reform and development” will be driving force of the coming Ibero-American summit to take place next week, October 28/29 in Paraguay and already has the attendance confirmation of eighteen presidents, according to the organizers.
Thursday, October 20th 2011 - 04:13 UTC
Mexican group organizing round of conferences on the Falklands/Malvinas war

The Solidarity with Malvinas Islands Group in Mexico is organizing a round of conferences next April/June in coincidence with the 30th anniversary of the Falklands/Malvinas war to which will be invited academics both from Argentina and the UK.
Thursday, October 20th 2011 - 04:07 UTC
UK Parliament praises Brazil, but regrets its ‘hardening’ policy towards Falklands

Britain’s House of Commons strongly supports a closer bilateral relationship with Brazil, which it describes as a democratic, well governed, responsible state but regrets the hardening position of Brazil towards the Falklands and the HMS Clyde incident.
Thursday, October 20th 2011 - 03:59 UTC
“UK uncompromisingly committed to the security and sovereignty of Gibraltar “

UK Europe Minister David Lidington declared that Prime Minister David Cameron “is a firm and loyal friend of Gibraltar and of its people” and the present British Government is “firmly and uncompromisingly committed to the security and the sovereignty of Gibraltar including British Gibraltar Territorial Waters”.
Thursday, October 20th 2011 - 00:10 UTC
Argentina, Brazil and Mexico attempt to harmonize positions ahead of G20

Argentina, Brazil and Mexico meeting in Uruguay ahead of the G-20 summit in France next November, agreed to demand a greater role for the region in global affairs and in helping to resolve the global economic crisis.
Thursday, October 20th 2011 - 00:03 UTC
European leader shocked by Argentine arrogance and satisfaction over EU crisis

Spain’s former president Felipe Gonzalez said that Latin American countries which in the eighties suffered financial problems because of the debt crisis are now looking on the European economic situation with “some joy”.