Stories for 2011

Tuesday, August 30th 2011 - 03:53 UTC
Uruguay plan to regularize 676 shanty towns (200.000 people), most in Montevideo

Uruguay announced it will invest 150 million dollars for the eradication of shanty towns, 90% of which are located in Montevideo, half of them in contaminated and flood-prone areas.
Tuesday, August 30th 2011 - 03:52 UTC
In divided ballot Japan’s ruling party chooses new PM, the sixth in five years

Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda was chosen Monday to become the sixth prime minister in five years, but he needs to overcome a divided parliament and deep rifts in the ruling party if he is to make more of a mark than his recent predecessors.
Tuesday, August 30th 2011 - 03:50 UTC
Landslide victory for CFK close ally in the province of Tucuman

A close ally of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Tucuman province governor Jose Alperovich won on Sunday a landslide third straight mandate and his first words were of gratitude and remembrance for Nestor Kirchner.
Tuesday, August 30th 2011 - 03:49 UTC
Buenos Aires City mayor admits CFK is ‘almost unbeatable’; looks for better relations

Buenos Aires City Mayor, Mauricio Macri, admitted on Monday that it is “almost impossible” to beat President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in October’s presidential elections.
Tuesday, August 30th 2011 - 03:48 UTC
Obama names labour expert as White House advisor in economics

US President Barack Obama announced Monday he has chosen Princeton University labour economist Alan Krueger to become the top White House economist, a White House official said.
Tuesday, August 30th 2011 - 03:47 UTC
New York City recovering from Irene, but Vermont ravaged by flood waters

Although hurricane Irene crossed into Canada overnight Sunday but wasn't yet through with the United States, where flood waters in Vermont caused the greatest damage in 75 years and in New York state big city commuters had to make do with slowly reawakening transit systems.
Tuesday, August 30th 2011 - 03:44 UTC
Chilean judge investigating Carabineros over killing of student

An officer from Chile’s gendarmerie-police, Carabineros was asked to resign Monday after admitting to using his firearm in the Macul borough of Santiago near where 16-year-old Manuel Gutiérrez Reinoso was shot and killed Thursday night.
Tuesday, August 30th 2011 - 03:42 UTC
Business leaders and organized labour ignore Argentina’s official inflation index

Following the agreement which raised the Argentine minimum wage by 25%, equivalent to 549 dollars per month, business leaders and representatives from the labour unions admitted that when it comes to salaries negotiations the official inflation index from the government statistics office, Indec, “is not taken into account”.
Tuesday, August 30th 2011 - 03:40 UTC
Falklands’ veteran HMS York under command of possibly her last captain

The man who may be Royal Navy’s Falklands’ veteran HMS York’s last naval captain has taken the helm of the Type 42 destroyer. Commander Rex Cox took over from Commander Simon Staley as the warship undergoes maintenance at Portsmouth, reports The Press from York.
Tuesday, August 30th 2011 - 03:39 UTC
Argentina expects another car production record next year: a million units

The Argentine automobile industry will expand its production capacity to a million units annually by 2012 following on the expected record production of 840.000 this year boosted by domestic demand and exports to brazil, said Anibal Borderes president of the country’s Automobile Manufacturers Association, Adefa.