Stories for 2011

Thursday, January 6th 2011 - 11:00 UTC
Super Real and imports surge behind Brazil’s smallest trade surplus in eight years

Brazil’s trade surplus fell 19.8% in 2010 to 20.28 billion USD, the smallest in eight years. Exports grew 31.4% to 201.9 billion, a new record, but imports surged 41.6% to 181.64 billion, the Ministry of Development, Industry and Commerce said this week.
Wednesday, January 5th 2011 - 09:17 UTC
The hidden risks of social media

Europol’s new iOCTA* report examines how EU citizens are risking their personal identities, privacy and computer data through the use of social media tools which are increasingly a target for cybercriminal activity.
Wednesday, January 5th 2011 - 09:09 UTC
Brazil and Chile Battle Rising Currencies

Brazil on Tuesday threatened tougher capital controls and other measures to keep its currency from rising against the dollar, a day after Chile's central bank unveiled its own $12 billion plan to buy greenbacks.
Wednesday, January 5th 2011 - 08:55 UTC
New agreement between LAN and Jetstar

Chile's LAN has announced an agreement with the Australian budget airline, Jetstar, owned by Quantas airways.
Wednesday, January 5th 2011 - 08:34 UTC
A Latin American View: Not Heard At The G-20

International economic coordination is as necessary as it is elusive. During the global financial crisis, the G-20 became the primary forum to agree on basic principles in areas such as the fiscal-policy response and the role of the International Monetary Fund.
Wednesday, January 5th 2011 - 00:30 UTC
Argentina: Installation of onboard video cameras begin

The Fisheries Secretariat of the Nation has reported that an Integrated Control System has come into force, which involves the installation of video cameras on board the Argentine fishing fleet.
Tuesday, January 4th 2011 - 18:57 UTC
Antarctica Cruise Canceled After 'Signs of Wear' Are Discovered

There's more trouble in Antarctica, but this time, the notoriously rough Drake Passage isn't to blame. Citing mechanical problems, small-ship adventure operator Abercrombie & Kent has canceled a 15-night Antarctic cruise on the 264-passenger Le Boreal that was slated to depart from Ushuaia on Tuesday.
Tuesday, January 4th 2011 - 14:15 UTC
Argentine Government questions present relevance of 1999 Falklands Agreement with Britain

The Argentine Foreign Ministry stated yesterday that the “provisional understandings” signed by London and Buenos Aires were in complete disuse and that the “unilateral actions of the United Kingdom” with regard to oil exploration and military exercises on the Islands constituted an “unsolveable obstacle” to the continuation and development of the “bilateral cooperation”
Tuesday, January 4th 2011 - 07:43 UTC
Desire Petroleun plc: Dawn Well Operational Update

Desire Petroleum plc (AIM:DES) the company wholly focussed on the North Falkland Basin, advises that the 25/5-1 well on the Dawn/Jacinta prospect has reached a total depth of 1,697 metres in pre-rift sediments.
Monday, January 3rd 2011 - 20:40 UTC
Ecuador: Decline in tuna landings due to 'La Niña'

Between January and October 2010, 402,868 tonnes of tuna was caught in the eastern Pacific, 16 per cent less than the 478,633 tonnes landed in the same period in 2009, according to figures from the Association of Tuna Companies from Ecuador (Atunec).