Stories for 2011

Friday, March 25th 2011 - 01:51 UTC
Human Rights Court calls on Uruguay to remove ‘dirty war’ amnesty law

Uruguay must remove obstacles to prosecuting human rights offences committed during its “dirty war” in the 1970s, including an amnesty that had protected military and police officers accused of killings, kidnappings or torture, the Inter-American Human Rights Court ruled.
Friday, March 25th 2011 - 01:14 UTC
Brazilian government wants to sack CEO of the country’s largest corporation

Brazilian government is facing a political backlash over its apparent efforts to force out the head of mining giant Vale, the world’s largest iron ore miner. Opposition leaders on Thursday demanded Finance Minister Guido Mantega explain reports he asked a shareholder of Vale to help seek a replacement for CEO Roger Agnelli.
Friday, March 25th 2011 - 01:06 UTC
IMF mission travels to Argentina in April to help design a new national CPI

The International Monetary Fund said Thursday it will send a team to Argentina again next month to continue work on revamping the government's discredited inflation measure, and will provide specific recommendations.
Friday, March 25th 2011 - 01:00 UTC
Obama to CFK: “can we have our (US Air Force seized) equipment back”

US President Barack Obama expressed concern about the recent incident in which Argentina seized part of the cargo of a US military plane that was carrying supplies for a joint military exercise, according to US newspaper The Miami Herald’s Argentine columnist Andrés Oppenheimer.
Thursday, March 24th 2011 - 20:37 UTC
Montevideo received almost a million tourists in 2010

Uruguay received 2.4 million tourists during 2010, 34% of which the capital Montevideo and if the cruise visitors are added the final number jumps to 930.000, according to Luis Polakof, head of the city’s Economic Development Department.
Thursday, March 24th 2011 - 20:28 UTC
Record price for Merino wool in Uruguay: 37.76 US dollars per kilo

A bail of Uruguayan fine, clean wool, 14.4 microns, was sold at a record price of 37.76 a kilo. The ultra fine wool, (uncommon for Uruguay that has a flock mostly of Corriedale), was achieved based on a strategic alliance between the Merino breeders, the country’s Agriculture Research Institute, the textile industry and 51 farmers that signed in for the project.
Thursday, March 24th 2011 - 20:14 UTC
Bolivia considering international court to claim coastline lost to Chile

Bolivia is prepared to take Chile to the International court of The Hague over its claim to a section of Pacific coast that it lost in a war more than 130 years ago, Bolivian President Evo Morales said Wednesday.
Thursday, March 24th 2011 - 19:59 UTC
Portugal has Euro zone on the brink; bail out package considered at EU summit

EU leaders are grappling with a new Euro zone threat after Portugal's parliament rejected an austerity budget and PM Jose Socrates resigned. The vote means an international bail-out, similar to those accepted by Greece and the Irish Republic last year, is now far more likely.
Thursday, March 24th 2011 - 19:47 UTC
Uruguay forecasts beef exports will total 1.4 billion USD in 2011

Uruguayan beef exports should reach 1.4 billion US dollars in 2011 according to an announcement this week from the country’s Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Tabare Aguerre.
Thursday, March 24th 2011 - 18:54 UTC
Argentine union leader Moyano says workers must be included in ballot tickets

Argentina’s organized labour leader Hugo Moyano called on Wednesday for additional workers' presence in the ballots for the coming October election. “It’s not possible that us workers, who created Peronism, are excluded from the ballots” he said.