MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for February 21st 2012
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Tuesday, February 21st 2012 - 05:03 UTC
One of Argentina’s wealthiest women dedicated to philanthropy and art buried in Buenos Aires
The remains of Argentina’s wealthiest woman, María Amalia Sara Lacroze Reyes Oribe de Fortabat Pourtale was buried Sunday at the Recoleta Cemetery, where an official service was held after family and friends attended a private funeral ceremony.
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Tuesday, February 21st 2012 - 04:59 UTC
Island named after last solider killed in the Falklands’ conflict
On a June morning 30 years ago, Pte Craig Jones was killed by a shell as British troops made their final push in the Falklands War. He was the last soldier to die in the conflict as a ceasefire was declared the following day.
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Tuesday, February 21st 2012 - 04:36 UTC
Rousseff promises fiscal and credit stimuli to promote exports and innovation
Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff said the government will implement fiscal and credit access measures to stimulate production and exports with the purpose of gaining competitiveness in a global context of crisis.
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Tuesday, February 21st 2012 - 04:28 UTC
UK Secretary discusses Falklands’ defence in Parliament
UK Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said on Monday that the British military presence in the Falklands has not increased recently since there was no recorded change to Argentine force levels, and there was no “current or credible” threat.
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Tuesday, February 21st 2012 - 04:14 UTC
Protestant parson and human rights activist next German president
German Chancellor Angela Merkel bowed to pressure on Sunday and agreed to back popular opposition candidate Joachim Gauck to become president, averting a political fight that might have distracted her government from solving the euro zone crisis.
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Tuesday, February 21st 2012 - 04:03 UTC
Argentine opposition demand open debate on Malvinas, not the “official speech”
Argentine members of the opposition have warned that they will not attend a Friday special session of the Senate and Lower House Foreign Affairs committees to be held in Tierra del Fuego and dedicated to the Malvinas issue unless the overall position of the diplomatic conflict is openly debated.
