Stories for 2011

Friday, April 1st 2011 - 00:31 UTC
“Loyalty rewards loyalty” message from Moyano to Cristina Fernandez

Argentina’s powerful organized labour leader Hugo Moyano has sent another strong message thanking workers for “being loyal to him” at the same time his teamsters were granted a 24% rise in wages.
Friday, April 1st 2011 - 00:25 UTC
Brazil’s central bank just manages to slow the Real currency advance

Brazil’s Real retreated from the highest level since August 2008 after the central bank intervened five times Thursday to slow the currency’s advance. The Real fell 0.2% to 1.6318 per dollar, from 1.6288 Wednesday.
Friday, April 1st 2011 - 00:22 UTC
Gibraltar expects 350.000 cruise visitors; opposition says 2010 was “the worst year”

Gibraltar expects to receive approximately 350.000 cruise visitors during the current 2011 season, announced Deputy Chief Minister Joe Holliday during the reception for the inaugural call to the Rock of MSC Poesia.
Friday, April 1st 2011 - 00:09 UTC
Massive ‘Martyr’s Day’ demonstrations challenge to Syrian government

Facing a massive protest movement demanding reform, Syria's president has set up committees to look into the deaths of civilians during nearly two weeks of unrest and replacing decades-old emergency laws.
Friday, April 1st 2011 - 00:03 UTC
G20 leaders closer on agreeing greater global role for Chinese currency

G20 leaders have moved towards agreeing that China's currency should have a wider role in global finance. The G20 is to study whether to include the Chinese Yuan within the basket of currencies that make up the IMF Special Drawing Right.
Thursday, March 31st 2011 - 23:57 UTC
Jimmy Carter calls for the end of US embargo and democracy in Cuba

Former US president Jimmy Carter - on a visit to Cuba - has criticized US policy towards the island. Carter said the decades-long US trade embargo and travel ban damaged the Cuban people and hindered rather than helped reform.
He also urged the Cuban government to move towards democracy and allow complete freedom of speech.
Thursday, March 31st 2011 - 14:22 UTC
Falkland Islands will remain on summer time throughout 2011

Falkland Islands will remain on ‘summer time’ throughout the whole of 2011 on a trial basis announced the local government.
Thursday, March 31st 2011 - 14:11 UTC
Uruguay’s wholesale prices soared 10.82% in the first quarter of 2011

Uruguay’s wholesale prices soared in March for the third month running reaching 4.42%, the highest since 2010, reports the country’s Statistics Institute, INE.
Thursday, March 31st 2011 - 14:06 UTC
Foreign direct investment in Uruguay recovers in 2010: up 28% from 2009

Foreign direct investment in Uruguay reached 1.6 billion US dollars in 2010, up 28% from 2009, according to the fourth quarter Balance of Payments report released this week by the country’s Central bank.
Thursday, March 31st 2011 - 14:00 UTC
Chavez warns: if capitalism returns to Venezuela, it’s the end of oil cooperation

President Hugo Chavez confirmed he would run for re-election in 2012 and made a strong call for regional unity warning that “if capitalism returns to Venezuela” it would mark the end of oil cooperation.