Stories for December 2011

Thursday, December 29th 2011 - 21:44 UTC
Iran’s Ahmadinejad will visit four Latinamerican countries next January

The Iranian president Mahmud Ahmadinejad will be travelling to Latinamerica in the second week of January 2012 to visit Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba and Ecuador, announced the Teheran presidential office, according to a report from the official news agency FNA.
Thursday, December 29th 2011 - 21:33 UTC
Spanish royals exposed: son in law involved in scandal and Crown expenses made public

The Spanish king's son-in-law was charged Thursday in a fraud and embezzlement case that has damaged the royal family, which this week took the unprecedented step of disclosing its income.
Thursday, December 29th 2011 - 21:24 UTC
Falklands’ flagged vessels: “Another diplomatic victory for President Fernández”

In its latest article on Argentina The Economist refers to the recent Mercosur decision to support President Cristina Fernandez in barring vessels flying the Falklands’ flag from docking in regional ports.
The magazine as the heading says (Argentina and the Falklands: rocking the boat) describes it as another diplomatic victory for Cristina and also argues that both the Falkland Islands and Britain have failed to explain their case to the rest of South America.
Wednesday, December 28th 2011 - 22:45 UTC
Cristina Fernandez promulgates tough laws to control the media and social protest

Argentine president Cristina Fernandez has promulgated several bills, some of them considered controversial, sanctioned last week by Congress --where the ruling coalition has a comfortable working majority-- and which were published Wednesday in the Official Gazette.
Wednesday, December 28th 2011 - 22:38 UTC
CFK surgery is “relatively simple” and once recovered allows to fulfil a normal life

Surgery to extract the thyroid carcinoma to which Argentine President Cristina Fernandez will be submitted next week is relatively simple and she will be able to fully recover and fulfil a normal life, according to several Buenos Aires specialists.
Wednesday, December 28th 2011 - 22:31 UTC
Piñera and CFK agree to reprogram the Argentine leaders’ official visit to Chile

Chilean president Sebastián Piñera and his Argentine peer Cristina Fernandez agreed to reprogram her visit to Santiago scheduled for the last week of January following the announcement that the Argentine leader will undergo thyroid cancer surgery next January 4.
Wednesday, December 28th 2011 - 22:27 UTC
Half joking, half serious Boudou is told: “be careful with what you do”

“Be careful with what you do”, cautioned Argentine President Cristina Fernández half joking and half serious with her Vice-President Amado Boudou over the period of absence she will take following next week’s surgery when he will be replacing her at the Executive Branch.
Wednesday, December 28th 2011 - 22:16 UTC
Cristina Fernandez thanks solidarity and calls on “all Argentines” to collaborate

Argentine president Cristina Fernández spoke publicly on Wednesday for the first time since the announcement she will undergo cancer surgery in January and thanked all well-wishers, from government officials to members of the opposition and overseas leaders.
Wednesday, December 28th 2011 - 07:25 UTC
Chile wants to pool young voters: registry automatic but voting voluntary

The Chilean Senate passed a constitutional law that makes voting voluntary and registration automatic, incorporating millions of new voters into the system and removing penalties previously tied to obligatory voting.
Wednesday, December 28th 2011 - 03:58 UTC
Mexican telecoms giant planning to invest 5.4bn dollars in Brazil

The Brazilian subsidiaries of Mexican telecoms giant America Movil are planning 10 billion Reais (5.4 billion dollars) worth of new investment in 2012, Folha de São Paulo said on Tuesday.