Stories for 2011

Thursday, March 24th 2011 - 18:32 UTC
Colombian military began using US supplied drones in 2006

The Colombian military began using US supplied drones for counter-terrorism and narcotics operations in 2006, U.S. documents released by WikiLeaks indicate.
Thursday, March 24th 2011 - 18:27 UTC
US homes market faces challenging 2011 as sales plunge to new lows

United States sales of new homes fell 16.9% last month compared with January and by a whopping 28% from the level of February 2010, the U.S. Commerce Department said. The February 2011 figure represents an annualized rate of 250,000 new home sales. Analysts had expected an annualized rate of 290,000.
Thursday, March 24th 2011 - 18:16 UTC
Last of released Cuban ‘Group of 75’ prisoners pledge to continue political rights campaign

Cuba’s last prisoners from among the “Group of 75” dissidents rounded up and jailed by the Castro brothers’ regime in March 2003 were freed Wednesday.
Thursday, March 24th 2011 - 18:05 UTC
US must be more pro-active if it wants access to Brazilian oil, says Petrobras

The United States must pay more importance to its strategic alliance with Brazil if it really wants to benefit from Petrobras’ recently discovered deep-water oil and natural gas reserves in the Atlantic Ocean, the company’s CEO, Jose Sergio Gabrielli, said.
Thursday, March 24th 2011 - 17:53 UTC
Guatemala’s First Couple divorce so First Lady can bid for the presidency

Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom and wife Sandra Torres have filed a request for “divorce by mutual consent” to allow the first lady to run in September’s presidential election, the judiciary this week.
Thursday, March 24th 2011 - 17:44 UTC
Spain top three banks left out of Moody downgrading of 30 institutions

Moody's risk ratings agency on Thursday downgraded the ratings of 30 Spanish banks, a direct consequence of its decision earlier this month to downgrade indebted Spain's sovereign rating.
Thursday, March 24th 2011 - 17:39 UTC
Only 3 points difference between Peru leading presidential hopefuls for April 10

Two weeks before the first round of voting in the Peruvian presidential election the two leading candidates are technically tied, and so are runner ups, according to the latest public opinion poll published this week in the Lima media.
Thursday, March 24th 2011 - 07:14 UTC
Argentine economy growing strong, benefits from imports’ restrictions

Argentina's industrial output rose sharply and the trade surplus beat market expectations during the month of February signalling that the economy is still growing strong.
Thursday, March 24th 2011 - 07:08 UTC
Federal Reserve board member warns about “extraordinary speculative activity”

United States Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Richard W. Fisher said he sees “extraordinary speculative activity” in the US after the central bank pumped record amounts of stimulus into the economy.
Thursday, March 24th 2011 - 06:56 UTC
Guess what? “in the (Falklands) Malvinas Islands they only speak English”

In the Malvinas Islands, guess what? They speak English according to Juan Antonio Agulles, mayor of the Argentine town of Malargüe, recently back from a trip to the Falkland Islands with a delegation of the so-called Rugby with out Frontiers.