Stories for 2011

Saturday, July 23rd 2011 - 04:26 UTC
US Congress de-lists Argentina from regional ‘democratic leaderships’

For the second time in less than a month the United States Congress has sent a strong message to Argentina warning it “does not belong” to the group of countries that abides by international law and strongly promotes democratic values.
Saturday, July 23rd 2011 - 04:09 UTC
Lula da Silva: forget biblical nonsense, the poor are entitled to heaven now and here

Former president Lula da Silva described as ‘nonsense’ the biblical statement that the poor will be “blessed with treasure in heaven” and strongly supported the policies of his government (2003/2010) which helped millions in Brazil lift from poverty.
Saturday, July 23rd 2011 - 02:09 UTC
President Rousseff is “playing with fire” warn ruling coalition allies

The Brazilian Executive is “playing with fire” in the way it addresses relations with other partners of the ruling coalition warned the Party of the Republic (PR) which is threatening to join the opposition conditioning the government’s majority in Congress.
Saturday, July 23rd 2011 - 02:05 UTC
Brazil: race and skin colour condition jobs, relations with police and magistrates

Most Brazilians feel that race and skin colour have great influence in labour relations and in the way they are treated by police and the judiciary, according to a report from the Brazilian Geography and Statistics Institute, IBGE.
Saturday, July 23rd 2011 - 01:53 UTC
Argentine president called IMF chief and had a half hour conversation

The IMF confirmed that Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner phoned incoming Managing Director Christine Lagarde last week, a few hours before the Fund reiterated its objections to Argentina’s official statistical data.
Friday, July 22nd 2011 - 15:53 UTC
Confirmed: Copper for another century at Chile’s main Escondida mine

The giant miner BHP Billiton announced this week a 129% increase in the mineral resource at and around Chile’s Escondida, the world's biggest copper mine.
Friday, July 22nd 2011 - 06:24 UTC
Organizing and hosting major sports events deliver a “positive social legacy”

The upcoming World Cup soccer tournament and Summer Olympics in Brazil should be harnessed to deliver a “positive social legacy” for the South American country and beyond, the United Nations envoy for sports and peace has said.
Friday, July 22nd 2011 - 06:20 UTC
Brazil: record low unemployment and more job-creation in second half anticipated

Brazil’s unemployment rate fell to its lowest since January in spite of efforts by policy makers to cool growth and inflation in Latin America’s biggest economy. The jobless rate fell to 6.2% in June, from 6.4% in May and 7% a year earlier, the national statistics agency said in a report distributed in Rio de Janeiro.
Friday, July 22nd 2011 - 06:12 UTC
Uruguay-Argentina agree 60-day hake ban on CFZ fearing ‘bio-hazard’ status

The Joint Technical Commission for Maritime Front (CTMFM) ordered a 60-day winter ban on hake (Merluccius hubbsi) in the Argentina-Uruguay Common Fishing Zone (CFZ), effective August 1 until September 30.
Friday, July 22nd 2011 - 06:09 UTC
Slower truck sales in Brazil hit Sweden’s Scania second quarter profit

Swedish truck-maker Scania controlled by Germany’s Volkswagen, reported second-quarter profit that missed analysts’ estimates as orders in Brazil slowed. Net income in the quarter rose to 2.43 billion kronor (380 million USD) from 2.37 billion kronor a year earlier, the company said in a statement.