Stories for December 2nd 2011

Friday, December 2nd 2011 - 22:42 UTC
Sarkozy prepares the stage for next week’s announcement of a new EU treaty

Prime Minister David Cameron held emergency talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Friday, as France and Germany tried to drum up support for a new EU treaty to enforce budget discipline.
Friday, December 2nd 2011 - 22:12 UTC
Merkel warns Europeans face long, hard ‘marathon’ to restore lost credibility

German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for rapid EU treaty change to remedy the root causes of the Euro zone's debt crisis but warned that Europeans faced a long, hard “marathon” to restore lost credibility.
Friday, December 2nd 2011 - 20:36 UTC
Washington approves Jorge Argüello as Argentina’s next ambassador

The Argentine diplomat Jorge Argüello (grossly misinformed on the Falkland Islands) has received official approval from President Barack Obama’s administration for his bid to become the Argentine Ambassador in Washington DC, the Foreign Ministry announced this week in Buenos Aires.
Friday, December 2nd 2011 - 20:01 UTC
Paraguay’s November inflation index negative helped by a glut of beef

Paraguay experienced negative inflation during the month of November influenced by the fall in meat prices, mainly beef, because of a ban on exports, which more than compensated an increase in fuel costs.
Friday, December 2nd 2011 - 19:41 UTC
Brazil ready to support IMF but demands greater power for BRICS countries

Brazil conditioned the disbursement of more funds for the IMF to help countries in crisis to a greater say in the multilateral organization and the advance of European initiatives to solve the current Euro and debt crisis.
Friday, December 2nd 2011 - 18:58 UTC
Chile and Uruguay less corrupt in Latam; other Mercosur members not so clean

Chile and Uruguay are the least corrupt countries in Latinamerica, while Paraguay and Venezuela are at the other extreme, according to the latest ‘Corruption Perceptions’ Index’ from Transparency International released this week.
Friday, December 2nd 2011 - 16:04 UTC
“Four years more are more than enough”, says Argentine president

Argentine president Cristina Fernandez watered down any hopes of a limitless re-election during her visit to Venezuela stating that “four years more are more than enough”.
Friday, December 2nd 2011 - 16:00 UTC
CFK moved to tears on receiving picture of her husband painted by Chavez

Argentine President Cristina Fernández signed on Thursday nineteen cooperation agreements in different fields with her Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chávez at the Miraflores Palace in Caracas.
Friday, December 2nd 2011 - 15:41 UTC
Brazilian biologists manage to picture rare example of albino dolphin

Brazilian biologists have found an extremely rare example of an albino dolphin among an endangered species that lives off the southern coast of South America.
Friday, December 2nd 2011 - 15:38 UTC
Spanish regions pledge to control spending; unemployment reaches 21.52%

Leaders of Spain’s indebted autonomous regions pledged on Thursday to control spending after meeting incoming Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to discuss their troubled accounts, which are at the heart of the country’s economic crisis.