Stories for 2011

Friday, October 14th 2011 - 07:54 UTC
Fighting crime and changes in the cabinet demand Argentine voters, says poll

Eight out of ten voters believe that Argentine president Cristina Fernandez must make changes in her ministerial cabinet in her new government which would take off next December 10 if her re-election bid is supported as all public opinion polls indicate.
Friday, October 14th 2011 - 07:50 UTC
Vazquez apologizes and resigns to public politics, but opposition doesn’t believe him

Former Uruguayan president Tabare Vazquez (2005/2010) apologized on Thursday for his statements on a “was hypothesis” with Argentina in 2006 saying they had been ‘inopportune’ and announced he was retiring from public politics activities.
Friday, October 14th 2011 - 07:45 UTC
UK support for the Falkland Islands strongest ever

“We’ve always had support from the British Government before but now it is just so strong” said Falkland Islands Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Sharon Halford this week on her return from the United Kingdom Party Conferences.
Friday, October 14th 2011 - 07:41 UTC
Brazil sets tough rules for three airport terminals concessions

Operators interested in running Brazil's largest airport will be required to make a minimum bid of 1.3 billion dollars, Brazil's aviation authority said on Thursday.
Friday, October 14th 2011 - 04:08 UTC
The 33 Chilean rescued miners: from glory to the gray everyday life

On October 13, 2010, the 33 trapped Chilean miners looked upon the blazing sunshine of the Atacama Desert for the first time in over two months. It was remarkable they had survived at all, but their successful rescue after so long underground was positively incredible.
Friday, October 14th 2011 - 03:31 UTC
CFK back on the campaign trail underlines achievements of the Kirchner era

President Cristina Fernández, CFK, said on Thursday that “Argentina is facing an unprecedented global crisis in an orderly and organized way” and recalled her late husband Nestor Kirchner as the great impulse behind the country’s economic and social achievements.
Friday, October 14th 2011 - 03:24 UTC
Uruguay and Argentina agree to ignore Vazquez “war” statements

The governments of Uruguay and Argentina have decided to ignore the controversy born out of statements from former President Tabare Vazquez who said that during the Botnia-UPM pulp plant conflict, back in 2006/07, he did not discard a “war hypothesis” given the aggressive attitude of Argentina and for which he had requested support from the Bush administration.
Friday, October 14th 2011 - 03:21 UTC
Argentina agrees to dredge a River Plate access canal, crucial for Uruguayan ports

Uruguay and Argentina approved this week conditions to begin dredging the River Plate Martin Garcia access channel, an ongoing dispute of over ten years that seriously constrained Uruguay’s ports development, according to reports in the Montevideo media.
Friday, October 14th 2011 - 03:12 UTC
Uruguay forecasted to expand 5.5% this year and 4.5% in 2012

The Uruguayan economy is forecasted to expand 5.5% this year generating 40.000 new jobs, and 4.5% in 2012, according to “Prospects and Tendencies” announced Thursday by the Economy Institute from the Economics Faculty.
Friday, October 14th 2011 - 02:58 UTC
S&P downgrades Spain’s credit rating on incomplete labour market reforms

Ratings agency Standard and Poor's downgraded the long-term credit rating of Spain by one notch, knocking the Euro down by a third of US cent as it followed hard on the heels of a similar downgrade by Fitch last week.