Stories for 2011

Thursday, March 10th 2011 - 06:56 UTC
London with no Argentine ambassador until at least 2012 to protest Falklands’ oil round

The Argentine legation in London will remain without an ambassador until at least the end of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner four year mandate next December, confirmed diplomatic sources in Buenos Aires. The decision was originally taken to protest the current (second) round of oil exploration in the Falkland Islands’ waters.
Thursday, March 10th 2011 - 06:51 UTC
A Brazilian view of the current situation in Arab countries

During Brazil's two decades of military dictatorship, it would have been unthinkable that a female former revolutionary would lead the country in the 21st century. That transition, from autocracy to democracy, might offer some lessons for rebels across the Arab world, Brazil’s longest serving foreign minister told a forum organised by the Al Jazeera Centre for Studies in Doha, Qatar.
Thursday, March 10th 2011 - 06:47 UTC
Inflation and production diversification, challenges for emerging economies

Inflation and production diversification must be the top priorities of emerging economies such as Argentina warned Nobel Prize Joseph Stiglitz during an IMF sponsored forum on “Macro and growth policies at the wake of the crisis” which took place in Washington and convened top line economists and decision makers.
Thursday, March 10th 2011 - 06:42 UTC
The Kirchner camp sets out strategy for October’s presidential election

Argentina’s Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo, called on all political parties that would like to support the Victory Front’s presidential candidate next October and be part of the so called “combined-list ballots” to do it without fears or restrictions.
Thursday, March 10th 2011 - 06:40 UTC
Shanghai Disneyland set to open in 2015 at a cost of 3.7 billion USD

Walt Disney’s theme park in Shanghai will be built in a 7 square-kilometre area that the city has designated as a tourist destination, according to a draft blueprint of the project.
Thursday, March 10th 2011 - 06:34 UTC
China scrambles to secure long-term uranium supplies for 84 nuclear plants

China’s scramble to secure long-term uranium supplies to support the rapid expansion of its nuclear power industry has led the state-owned CGNPC Uranium to make a 1.23 billion US dollars takeover bid for London-listed Kalahari Minerals.
Thursday, March 10th 2011 - 06:29 UTC
Enrolment of foreign students in Chilean universities soars 700% in a decade

The enrolment of foreign students in Chilean universities has grown by 700% this past decade, with North American students leading the pack. Many students are attracted by the opportunity to travel, to learn Spanish and to experience a different culture.
Thursday, March 10th 2011 - 06:17 UTC
World has 1.210 billionaires; Mexico’s Carlos Slim remains the richest person

Mexico’s Carlos Slim remains the world’s richest person for a second year with estimated assets of 74 billion US dollars, according to Forbes magazine’s annual global ranking of billionaires.
Wednesday, March 9th 2011 - 22:52 UTC
“Argentina has not learnt the 2001 lesson, nor have many investors the 2008 crisis”

“There is no evidence that Argentina has learnt the lesson from the 2001 crisis”, said Carmen Reinhart one of the most influential US economists and an expert in Latin America, who has worked for the IMF, in Wall Street and teaches at the University of Maryland.
Wednesday, March 9th 2011 - 21:31 UTC
Unasur HQ to be named after Nestor Kirchner; next Friday the official ceremony

The permanent headquarters of Unasur, (Union of South American Nations) in Quito, Ecuador will be named after its first Secretary General, deceased Argentine former president Nestor Kirchner, the government of Ecuador officially announced Wednesday.