Stories for 2011

Saturday, October 29th 2011 - 05:24 UTC
Brazil will look into its harsh political past but the military are safe

The Brazilian congress approved this week the creation of a Truth Committee that will look into human rights abuses from 1946 to 1988, which includes the military period from 1964 to 1985, but leaves untouched the controversial 1979 Amnesty Law that benefits military and police personnel.
Saturday, October 29th 2011 - 05:08 UTC
Argentina had no chance in the Malvinas war: it was fighting the ‘Holy Alliance’

“Malvinas is a sacred cause for the Argentines used by the military with a spurious purpose: to remain in power” according to Juan Bautista ‘Tata’ Yoffre author of the recently launched book “1982” on the Falklands/Malvinas conflict.
Saturday, October 29th 2011 - 03:51 UTC
Falkland/Malvinas continues as “a colonial dagger in America” Timerman tells his peers

Malvinas continues as “a colonial dagger in America” said Argentine Foreign Affaire minister Hector Timerman during an Ibero-Latin American ministerial meeting in Paraguay ahead of the full summit on Saturday.
Saturday, October 29th 2011 - 03:46 UTC
Argentina’ tax office will validate buyers of foreign exchange as of Monday

Argentina’s tax revenue office (AFIP) will validate from Monday onwards the people or enterprises that purchase currencies at the foreign exchange markets in order to control if they have the funds to do it and end with the irregular transactions, Economy Minister Amado Boudou announced Friday.
Saturday, October 29th 2011 - 03:42 UTC
Falklands’ Desire Petroleum shows report confirming prospectivity of its licences

Falkland Islands oil explorer Desire petroleum unveiled Friday a new competent person's report (CPR), which it hailed as confirmation of the “prospectivity” of its licences.
Saturday, October 29th 2011 - 03:35 UTC
Fitch downgrades Argentine oil companies following Central bank dollar move

Fitch Ratings has downgraded Argentine oil companies YPF and Pan American Energy foreign (PAE) currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to 'B+' from 'BB-' and has affirmed their local currency IDR at 'BB'.
Saturday, October 29th 2011 - 03:31 UTC
The G20 test is if it can prevent a future financial crisis, says Zoellick

The true test for the G20 will be whether it can prevent a future financial crisis, World Bank Group President Robert Zoellick said Friday ahead of the upcoming G20 summit in Cannes.
Saturday, October 29th 2011 - 03:24 UTC
Trichet warns Euro crisis ‘isn’t over’; calls for precise, quick enforcement of deal

European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet said in an interview in a German newspaper to be published on Sunday that the Euro zone sovereign debt crisis was not yet over and that it was too early for the all-clear signal.
Saturday, October 29th 2011 - 03:19 UTC
London School of Economics tarnished by links with the Gaddafi family

London School of Economics (LSE), one of the most renowned branches of the University of London, is currently making news due to the activities of a couple of its more infamous, rather than famous, alumni - one of them named Gaddafi.
Saturday, October 29th 2011 - 03:04 UTC
US bio-fuel production increase: fact or wishful thinking?

A recent study, released on 11 October, “Bio-fuel Markets and Technologies” released by Pike Research states that the global bio-fuel market will double within the next decade to 183.3 billion dollars from its current level of 82.7 billion, with ethanol production accounting for 78 billion of future worldwide bio-fuel production, while predicting that bio-diesel production will reach 25.5 billion.