Stories for October 2011

Monday, October 24th 2011 - 14:31 UTC
Biting ants invade by the millions Florida, Mississippi, Texas and Louisiana

It sounds like a horror movie: Biting ants invade by the millions. A camper's metal walls bulge from the pressure of ants nesting behind them. A circle of poison stops them for only a day, and then a fresh horde shows up, bringing babies. Stand in the yard, and in seconds ants cover your shoes.
Monday, October 24th 2011 - 07:01 UTC
CFK calls for ‘national unity’ and brushes aside re-re-re-election rumours

Re-elected President Cristina Fernández urged Argentines to join in “national unity” and asked to “avoid being distracted by useless confrontations”. She also sent a strong message brushing aside increasing rumours that ultra-Kirchner followers were ready to amend the constitution for an “indefinite re-election”
Monday, October 24th 2011 - 06:59 UTC
Governor Scioli re-elected governor of the crucial Buenos Aires province

The ruling coalition of Argentine President Cristina Kirchner also had a landslide performance in the governorships taking eight out of nine, with an impressive victory in Buenos Aires where governor Daniel Scioli was re-elected by with 56% of the vote, even better than his mentor.
Monday, October 24th 2011 - 06:50 UTC
Argentine patrols harass Falklands’ licensed jiggers outside the port of Montevideo

Spanish jiggers operating in the South Atlantic with Falkland Islands licences complain they are been harassed by the Argentine Navy just a few miles away from the port of Montevideo where they call for discharging, maintenance and bunkering.
Monday, October 24th 2011 - 06:45 UTC
Argüello claims the UK is ‘stealing’ fisheries resources from Argentine Malvinas

Jorge Argüello, Argentina's permanent representative to the United Nations, accused the United Kingdom of stealing Argentine fisheries resources around the Falkland/Malvinas Islands.
Monday, October 24th 2011 - 06:41 UTC
Philip Morris shuts down plant in Uruguay because of anti-smoking policies

The US tobacco giant Philip Morris said on Friday it shut down its plant in Uruguay because the country's anti-smoking policies make business unprofitable.
Monday, October 24th 2011 - 06:38 UTC
Brazilian Sports minister again on the limelight in spite of presidential support

Brazilian media reported more corruption allegations against the country's embattled Sports Minister on Saturday, raising the pressure on him to quit a day after he received the backing of President Dilma Rousseff.
Monday, October 24th 2011 - 06:31 UTC
Sarkozy to Cameron: “you hate the Euro so stop telling us what to do”

French President Nicolas Sarkozy launched a scathing attack on British Prime Minister David Cameron at Sunday's EU summit, saying he was “sick of him telling us what to do,” Britain's press reported.
Monday, October 24th 2011 - 06:16 UTC
Cuba promoting Special development zones with Brazilian financial support

Cuban Foreign Trade and Investment Minister Rodrigo Malmierca underlined the crucial role of foreign investment for the development of Cuban Special Development Zones”.
Monday, October 24th 2011 - 06:12 UTC
Ecuador president condemns killing of Gaddafi and family members as ‘homicide’

Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa described the death of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi as a “murder” and strongly rejected foreign in the North African country.