Stories for January 2012

Wednesday, January 18th 2012 - 16:29 UTC
UK Services Antarctic expedition celebrates Scott’s South Pole feat in 1912

Members of the British Services Antarctic Expedition 2012 on Tuesday marked the 100th anniversary of the day Captain Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated team reached the South Pole, as their own journey begins.
Wednesday, January 18th 2012 - 16:14 UTC
Cameron accuses Argentina of ‘colonialism’ and reiterates protection of Falklands

British Prime Minister David Cameron has accused Argentina of “colonialism” over the country's claim to the Falkland Islands. Speaking at Prime Minister's Questions in the Commons, Cameron vowed to protect the Islands' population and allow them to decide their own future.
Wednesday, January 18th 2012 - 05:36 UTC
Hague arrives in Brazil for two-day visit to launch a ‘strategic dialogue’

Foreign Secretary William Hague begins Wednesday a two-day visit to Brazil which according to Brazilian sources will mark the beginning of a strategic dialogue between the two countries.
Wednesday, January 18th 2012 - 05:31 UTC
Mujica and Lula da Silva discuss promoting regional integration as a doctrine

Uruguayan president Jose Mujica and former leader Lula da Silva, under treatment for larynx cancer, said in Sao Paulo on Tuesday that they would like to have a group of Latin American intellectuals involved in the discussion and promotion of regional integration as a doctrine.
Wednesday, January 18th 2012 - 05:19 UTC
Chavez and Putin agree to defend independence and sovereignty of Syria and Iran

The sovereignty of Syria and Iran should be defended against 'foreign interferences' and from the siege of ‘colonial powers’ Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin agreed during a telephone conversation, according to the Venezuelan Foreign Affairs ministry.
Wednesday, January 18th 2012 - 05:16 UTC
Brazil plans to further fund the Development bank anticipating credit crunch

Brazil is considering injecting more funds to the National Development bank, BNDES for the fifth year running in anticipation of a possible shortage of long term credit in the economy, said Arno Augustin, Secretary of the Treasury.
Wednesday, January 18th 2012 - 05:12 UTC
Drought emergency in central Argentina and Paraguay but no sufficient rains on sight

Argentine corn and soy farms will suffer from hot weather and scant rains for the rest of this week, forecasters said on Tuesday, increasing worries that crop losses will eat into global supplies.
Wednesday, January 18th 2012 - 05:06 UTC
Argentina wins US appeal against ruling awarding compensation to British Gas

Argentina won a US appeals court decision throwing out a 185 million dollar award to the UK BG Group Plc, which claimed the country’s freeze on natural gas prices caused the bankruptcy of a local gas distributor it controlled.
Wednesday, January 18th 2012 - 03:20 UTC
Rating agencies forecast Greece’s default…but in an orderly manner

Like in Colombian Nobel Prize Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel “Chronicle of a Death Foretold” Fitch rating agency said on Tuesday that Greece would default on its debt, although it anticipated that such a default was likely to take place in an orderly manner.
Wednesday, January 18th 2012 - 03:13 UTC
Argentine defaulted bonds dispute reaches the US Supreme Court

The US Supreme Court has asked President Barack Obama's administration for its views of a ruling that unfroze 105 million dollars of Argentina's central bank deposits in a setback for two US investment funds that sought to seize the money to satisfy their claims from Argentina’s debt default a decade ago.