Stories for December 2011

Monday, December 5th 2011 - 04:11 UTC
Rajoy will outline his austerity plan before EU Conservative summit

Incoming Conservative Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy called on all Spaniards to work together to overcome the debt crisis and promised a new economic policy to deal with unemployment that is more than double the European Union average.
Monday, December 5th 2011 - 04:06 UTC
Gibraltar’s Caruana confident of new Spanish government commitment to “trilateral dialogue”

The leader of the ruling GSD in Gibraltar, Peter Caruana said he was confident Spain’s Partido Popular would remain committed to trilateral dialogue, even if not necessarily to the Trilateral Forum (Gib, UK and Spain) itself in its present form.
Monday, December 5th 2011 - 04:01 UTC
Cuba’s Revolution square admits the growing presence of the Catholic Church

Hundreds of Cubans paid homage on Saturday to the patron of the country, the Virgin of Copper Charity, at the Plaza de la Revolución (Revolution Square) the political heart of the island and at the precise point where Pope John Paul II in 1998 held a mass to hundreds of thousands.
Saturday, December 3rd 2011 - 09:02 UTC
Under Chavez sponsorship Latam nomenclature adds a new regional grouping

Showing off new energy after cancer treatment, Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez hosted Latin American leaders on Friday to create a new regional body that pointedly excludes the United States and Canada.
Saturday, December 3rd 2011 - 08:59 UTC
Argentina and Brazil agree greater ‘productive integration mechanism”

Argentine and Brazilian presidents Cristina Fernandez and Dilma Rousseff agreed in Caracas the creation of a Productive Integration Mechanism, MIP, to deepen bilateral relations.
Saturday, December 3rd 2011 - 08:56 UTC
Correa says OAS should have been disarticulated in 1982 when the Malvinas war

Ecuadorean president Rafael Correa again questioned the existence of the Organization of American States, OAS, which should have been disarticulated in 1982 during the Falklands/Malvinas war and insisted that the region’s problems “should be discussed in the region and not in Washington”.
Saturday, December 3rd 2011 - 08:53 UTC
Argentine government announces end of most subsidies for Buenos Aires City

Argentine Economy Minister Amado Boudou and Planning Minister Julio De Vido announced on Friday further subsidy eliminations for utility services particularly in the City of Buenos Aires, which follows on previous subsidy cuts to several sectors implemented last month by the government of Cristina Fernandez.
Saturday, December 3rd 2011 - 08:50 UTC
Brazil counters bad press: “we can be ready to organize the World Cup in two months”

Brazil, plagued by delays and in-fighting in its preparations for the 2014 World Cup, could stage the event in two months' time if necessary, the country's sports minister said on Friday.
Saturday, December 3rd 2011 - 08:46 UTC
US unemployment falls in November to a two and a half years low: 8.6%

The US unemployment rate fell to a two and half year low of 8.6% in November and companies stepped up hiring, further evidence the economic recovery was gaining momentum.
Saturday, December 3rd 2011 - 08:29 UTC
Malvinas next of kin in Falklands for maintenance jobs at Argentine cemetery

A group from the Malvinas fallen soldiers next of kin Committee is travelling this Saturday to the Falkland Islands for the upkeep and maintenance of the monument at the Argentine cemetery in Darwin.