Stories for February 8th 2012

Wednesday, February 8th 2012 - 19:46 UTC
French photographer stabbed to death when taking pictures of Buenos Aires Malvinas Memorial

A French photographer was stabbed to death Wednesday morning in Buenos Aires Plaza San Martin, after thieves tried to steal his camera while he was taking pictures of the monument honouring the Argentine Malvinas War memorial.
Wednesday, February 8th 2012 - 06:21 UTC
Uruguayan cabinet divided over how to address Argentine trade restrictions

The latest round of imports’ restrictions imposed by the government of President Cristina Fernandez and how to address them have triggered a serious debate inside the ministerial cabinet of Uruguayan president Jose Mujica.
Wednesday, February 8th 2012 - 06:17 UTC
Argentina and Brazil want corporations to reinvest and not send profits overseas

President Cristina Fernandez hopes to convince Brazil to join Argentina in its campaign against the multinational corporations in an effort to balance trade balances in the midst of the global crisis spurred by the Euro crisis, China’s slow reaction and the US economy which still has to recover from the full impact of the 2008/09 recession.
Wednesday, February 8th 2012 - 06:13 UTC
Half a century embargo and nine US president later Fidel Castro is still around

The 50th anniversary of the US trade embargo against Cuba on Tuesday was met with little fanfare on the island, where Cubans said it was a failed policy that had succeeded only in making their lives more difficult.
Wednesday, February 8th 2012 - 06:10 UTC
Repsol-YPF CEO holds “positive and constructive” meeting with Argentine officials

The Buenos Aires media revealed late Tuesday that Antonio Brufau, CEO from Repsol-YPF, which has a dominating position in the oil and gas market in Argentina met with top officials from the President Cristina Fernandez administration.
Wednesday, February 8th 2012 - 06:06 UTC
“Unlikely” Peru would back Argentina in a new Malvinas conflict

Peru’s former Foreign Affairs minister, Jose Antonio Garcia-Belaunde, says it is unlikely that Peru would back Argentina if there were a new conflict with the United Kingdom over the Falkland Islands, newspaper El Comercio reported.
Wednesday, February 8th 2012 - 05:57 UTC
Deadly bacteria that resist antibiotics found in Antarctica seawater

Bacteria that can resist nearly all antibiotics have been found in Antarctic seawater, reports the New Scientist.
Wednesday, February 8th 2012 - 04:21 UTC
Lawmaker says Chile should keep distance from the Malvinas issue

Lawmaker Ivan Moreira from the ruling coalition junior partner UDI said that Chile should not get involved in the Falklands/Malvinas issue which has to be addressed between Argentina and the UK, and recalled that Chile has its own problem with the coming International Court of Justice dispute with neighbouring Peru.
Wednesday, February 8th 2012 - 01:19 UTC
Argentina will accuse UK of South Atlantic and Malvinas militarization before UN

In a much expected speech President Cristina Fernandez announced a further escalation of the Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty diplomatic dispute with the UK including formal ‘militarization’ complaints before the United Nations, a personal attendance with a delegation from all parties next June 14 to the UN decolonization committee and called on PM David Cameron to “give peace a chance”
Wednesday, February 8th 2012 - 01:11 UTC
Falklands’ lawmakers lobby Caribbean nations in support of self-determination

Members of the Falklands Islands Legislative Assembly, Sharon Halford and Roger Edwards, have visited Grenada in the Caribbean to discuss the Falkland Islands right to self-determination with government ministers and senior officials.