Stories for 2011

Monday, February 7th 2011 - 16:41 UTC
High level talks with Chile for a Pacific outlet for landlocked Bolivia

Chile and Bolivia begin talks Monday in La Paz on a 13 point agenda agreed in 2006 and which among other issues includes the landlocked country’s aspiration to recover its outlet to the Pacific lost during a regional war in 1879.
Monday, February 7th 2011 - 14:09 UTC
“The show must go on” promise Rio Carnival groups in spite of blaze

A fire has broken out in the carnival district, Samba city, of the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, destroying warehouses where floats are made, reports say. At least four warehouses, a samba school and a carnival museum have been damaged in the blaze at Samba City.
Monday, February 7th 2011 - 14:06 UTC
Rio do Janeiro police take hold of favelas in early operation with no shots fired

Rio do Janeiro police with the support of the Navy, other security agencies and armoured personnel vehicles in an flash operation on Sunday occupied nine “favelas,” or shantytowns dominated by drug gangs and did so “without a single shot,” officials said.
Monday, February 7th 2011 - 14:01 UTC
Chilean wine exports recover in 2010 and reach 1.5 billion US dollars

Last year was a great year for Chilean wine exports. Despite the drop in wine exports that followed the 2008 financial crisis, in 2010 the wine industry reported sales of 1.5 billion US dollars, a 12.4% increase over 2009.
Sunday, February 6th 2011 - 21:29 UTC
Brazil and UK ready to sign huge defence contract, say media reports

Brazil with a defence market described as “one of the fastest growing in the world” will be signing a defence agreement with the UK which should open the way for a deal worth “billions of dollars”, according to reports in the Brazilian and UK media.
Sunday, February 6th 2011 - 21:02 UTC
Geithner visits Brazil to discuss economic and financial cooperation

United States Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner will visit Monday Brazil to discuss economic cooperation. Geithner is scheduled to return on the same day.
Sunday, February 6th 2011 - 20:43 UTC
Droughts could turn Amazon basin from greenhouse gas eater to source of gases

A long-lasting drought that affected the Amazon Rain Forest last year was worse than the once-in-a-lifetime drought that the region suffered in 2005, and a team of British and Brazilian scientists say it may have a bigger impact on global warming than the US does in a year.
Sunday, February 6th 2011 - 20:38 UTC
Inflation, an old scourge, plagues Argentina again, says NY Times

Argentina is in the midst of a consumption boom, but inflation that old Argentine plague, has once again fully surfaced, writes the New York Times Alexi Barrionuevo from Buenos Aires.
Sunday, February 6th 2011 - 20:24 UTC
Inflation in Uruguay picking up pushed by health and food prices

Uruguay’s consumer prices rose in January at the fastest pace since 2008, led by higher health, food and beverages costs, according to the latest report from the National Institute of Statistics, INE.
Sunday, February 6th 2011 - 19:30 UTC
Unilateral facts, indeed

By Andrés Cisneros for the Herald

Peter Pepper and Graham Pascoe, who have spent years writing profusely on the issue, have just written a new article seeking to enlighten us on Malvinas rights.