MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for January 10th 2012
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Tuesday, January 10th 2012 - 05:51 UTC
With October election in mind Chavez back on the air with “Alo Presidente” program
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez resumed on Sunday his weekly television and radio broadcast after a seven-month pause. Chavez's program, Alo Presidente, had been halted while he was receiving treatment for cancer.
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Tuesday, January 10th 2012 - 05:50 UTC
Euro again on the cliff as Merkel and Sarkozy can only agree on warning Greece
Germany and France warned Greece it will get no more bailout funds until it agrees with creditor banks on a bond swap and pressed for an early deal to avert a potential default in the Euro zone's most debt-stricken nation.
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Tuesday, January 10th 2012 - 05:49 UTC
Bush fires in Patagonian Chubut out of control; several towns evacuated
Authorities from the Argentine Patagonia province of Chubut issued a red alert on the fires that affect forest areas and decided to evacuate El Hoyo town, while 40 Chilean fire-fighters were expected to arrive to the mountain region to help put out the bush fires.
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Tuesday, January 10th 2012 - 05:48 UTC
Brazil to build five new dams in the Amazon but with “oil-rigs” technology
Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff signed the decree for the construction of five new hydroelectric dams in the Amazon basin and readies for a renewed attack from domestic and international environmentalists against the project.
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Tuesday, January 10th 2012 - 05:46 UTC
“Clarin rebelled against reality” when Cristina Fernandez diagnosis was “false positive”
Faced with media controversy following Argentine President Cristina Fernandez thyroid cancer surgery that resulted in a “false positive” case, that is minor benign non cancerous tumours in spite of the original diagnosis, the Argentine Executive Chief of Staff Oscar Parrilli revealed that the president had ordered him to “tell it all” regarding the 22 December operation.
