Stories for 2011

Sunday, March 27th 2011 - 05:18 UTC
Colombia and Peru closer to implementing the free trade agreement with the EU

Negotiators from the European Union, Colombia and Peru have signed the final texts on an association agreement with a free trade chapter designed to increase commerce between the Andean countries and the European bloc, it was reported Friday.
Sunday, March 27th 2011 - 05:13 UTC
Paraguayan economy expands an all time record of 15.3% in 2010

Boosted by agriculture Paraguay's economy grew an all time record of 15,3% in 2010, following on a 3.8% contraction in 2009, according to the latest release from the Central bank.
Sunday, March 27th 2011 - 05:04 UTC
Radioactivity levels 1.250 times higher than normal in sea water at Fukushima

Radioactivity levels are soaring in seawater near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant, Japan's nuclear safety agency said, two weeks after the nuclear power plant was hit by a massive earthquake and tsunami.
Sunday, March 27th 2011 - 05:00 UTC
Yemen president negotiating terms of transfer of power

Agreement is close on a transfer of power from Yemen's veteran President, Ali Abdullah Saleh, a government minister says. After six weeks of protests, Mr Saleh has said he is willing to step down this year. But the demonstrators want him to go immediately
Sunday, March 27th 2011 - 04:53 UTC
Ending BBC Caribbean Service considered politically unwise for region’s public opinion

BBC Caribbean Service has made its final broadcast, ending seven decades of programming for the region. The service is being shut as part of budget cuts announced by the BBC World Service in January.
Sunday, March 27th 2011 - 04:47 UTC
Honduras closer to normalization allows return of former president Zelaya

Former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya says he won't return to Honduras for fear of being killed. Zelaya says he is in danger because “there are people who want to liquidate me and are still alive, and they have great power.”
Sunday, March 27th 2011 - 04:43 UTC
Massive march in London to protest planned measures to cut budget deficit

In possibly the biggest protests since those against the Iraq war in February 2003, organizers say up to 250,000 people took to the streets of London on Saturday to show their frustration with planned austerity measures designed to cut a record budget deficit.
Sunday, March 27th 2011 - 04:37 UTC
President Obama’s weak message to Latin America

On Thursday March 24 The Washington Post published a rather critical editorial on President Barack Obama recent visit to Brazil, Chile and El Salvador.
Saturday, March 26th 2011 - 10:41 UTC
Uruguay admits concern over inflation raises benchmark interest to 7.5%

Uruguay's central bank this week surprised local economists and raised its benchmark interest rate 100 base points, one percentage point to 7.5%, in an attempt to help combat accelerating inflation which is beyond the government's target range.
Saturday, March 26th 2011 - 10:38 UTC
Billionaire Buffet advice: avoid long term fixed-income investment in US dollars

Billionaire Warren Buffet who urged United States in 2009 to guard against inflation, said investors should avoid long-term fixed-income bets in US dollars because the currency’s purchasing power will decline.