Stories for January 10th 2012

Tuesday, January 10th 2012 - 21:57 UTC
Malvinas recovery for Argentina must become a “Chilean cause”, says former minister

Chilean former Foreign Affairs minister and ambassador before the UN, Juan Gabriel Valdes has called for Chileans to adopt the Argentine sovereignty claim over the Malvinas Islands --disputed with the UK--, as a “Chilean cause”.
Tuesday, January 10th 2012 - 21:09 UTC
Falklands’ “black gold rush” means a decade of big money, with or without oil

Thirty years after the Falkland Islands conflict, the South Atlantic Islands are the focus of a “black gold rush” as a string of exploration companies seek to be the first to find commercially viable reserves in the region, writes the London Express City & Business.
Tuesday, January 10th 2012 - 15:42 UTC
UK tells Mercosur it will resist any attempts to coerce the Falklands

The British government said it would resist any attempts to coerce the Falkland Islands through economic or other pressures, and revealed it is holding ‘productive discussions’ with Uruguay, Chile and Brazil to ensure trade and commercial links between the Islands and South America are not compromised by political declarations.
Tuesday, January 10th 2012 - 06:02 UTC
Rockhopper ends Faklands’ 2010/11 exploration round with three oil discoveries

Rockhopper Exploration announced Monday that it has completed its successful round of drillings in Falkland Islands waters with the Ocean Guardian rig.
Tuesday, January 10th 2012 - 06:00 UTC
Campden Hill Square, UK’s most desirable road with average house price £ 4.9m

Campden Hill Square in Holland Park, West London, has become Britain's most desirable road with an average house price of £4.9m. The square near Kensington Palace has topped a survey of house prices across the country by Lloyds TSB.
Tuesday, January 10th 2012 - 05:59 UTC
Chile preparing forest restoration plan for ravaged areas of Torres del Paine Park

As emergency workers finish extinguishing the last traces of fire in Torres del Paine National Park, now the Chilean government is beginning to look at the next critical phase in handling the disaster in Chile’s world-famous adventure destination.
Tuesday, January 10th 2012 - 05:57 UTC
Chilean per capita meat consumption has doubled in the last two decades

In the last two decades Chileans consumption of different meats has doubled according to data from the Agriculture Policy and Studies Office, ODEPA, released this week. From the 39.6 kilos of 1991, meats consumption soared in 2011 to 84.2 kilos on average, and not taking into account fish and sea food.
Tuesday, January 10th 2012 - 05:56 UTC
Ortega inaugurates consecutive mandate; opposition fear he could follow Chavez example

Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega takes office for a third time on Tuesday with an ample majority in Congress and in the presence of close allies such as Iran’s Mahmud Ahmadinejad and Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez.
Tuesday, January 10th 2012 - 05:54 UTC
FMD in Paraguay: 168 livestock sacrificed and major investigation into previous outbreak

Paraguay veterinary services concluded Monday midday the termination of 168 livestock mostly belonging to a farm where an outbreak of foot and mouth disease was confirmed 2 January in the county of San Pedro to the centre north of the country.
Tuesday, January 10th 2012 - 05:53 UTC
Chavez and Ahmadinejad mock 'US imperialism' and joke about having an atomic bomb

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Venezuela's Hugo Chávez lavished each other with praise on Monday, mocked US disapproval and joked about having an atomic bomb at their disposal.