Stories for 2011

Wednesday, August 24th 2011 - 07:28 UTC
President Rousseff battles for cohesion in a disappointed ruling coalition

Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff said on Tuesday that the two main parties of the ruling coalition, “PT (Workers party) and the PMDB (Brazilian Democratic Movement) are the basis of the stability and trust of the government”.
Wednesday, August 24th 2011 - 07:26 UTC
Impatient Raul Castro calls on Cubans “to clear our heads of ideological rigidity”

Cuban President Raul Castro is increasingly impatient with the slow implementation of his economic reforms, which he publicly blames mostly on bureaucratic sloth and resistance to change.
Wednesday, August 24th 2011 - 07:21 UTC
Chavez only recognizes the Gaddafi government; accuses US of inciting civil war

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez said he will only recognize a Libyan government led by his friend and ally Muammar Gaddafi and accused the United States of inciting the country's civil war.
Wednesday, August 24th 2011 - 07:10 UTC
Strauss-Khan free but faces civil lawsuit and rape investigation case in France

Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Khan, no longer facing sexual-assault charges in New York for what one of his lawyers called “inappropriate behaviour,” remains a defendant in a civil lawsuit by his accuser and the subject of a French rape investigation.
Wednesday, August 24th 2011 - 07:02 UTC
Mantega admits global crisis in having an impact: lowers Brazil growth to 4%

Brazilian Finance minister Guido Mantega admitted before the Senate that the global financial crisis is already having an impact in the local economy and this will be reflected in a lower GDP for the twelve months.
Wednesday, August 24th 2011 - 07:00 UTC
Record DFI in Brazil narrows significantly current account deficit

Brazil's 12-month current account deficit narrowed in July on rising revenue from exports and strong foreign direct investment. The 12-month deficit declined to 47.9 billion dollars or 2.1%, of GDP, from 49 billion, or 2.2% of GDP in June, the central bank said Tuesday.
Wednesday, August 24th 2011 - 06:55 UTC
Government spending and jobs boost President Cristina Fernandez re-election

With Argentina’s presidential election less than two months away official data is showing why President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is poised to make effective her re-election bid in October.
Wednesday, August 24th 2011 - 06:47 UTC
World markets higher on expectations of Bernanke speech Thursday

US stocks shot 3% higher on Tuesday on speculation Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke this week could signal new help for the US economy, giving investors hope a four-week rout was nearing an end.
Wednesday, August 24th 2011 - 06:40 UTC
Argentine trade surplus shrinks 22% in July as imports outpace exports

Argentina's trade surplus shrank 22% in July from a year earlier to 672 million dollars as import growth continued to outpace exports, the government said on Tuesday. The trade surplus totalled 861 million dollars in July 2010.
Wednesday, August 24th 2011 - 06:38 UTC
French tourists: two men charged with cover-up for hiding gun used in crime

Two men were charged on Tuesday of cover-up in the case that investigates the abuse and killing of the two French tourists in the north-west Argentine province of Salta, the judicial spokesman Marcelo Báez reported.