Stories for February 2012

Thursday, February 9th 2012 - 07:42 UTC
Argentine importers warn about ‘complications’ with new imports scheme

The head of the Importers Chamber of Argentina, Diego Pérez Santisteban, warned that the new imports controls applied by the government “is complicated,” and affects the bigger companies more than the small and medium ones of the sector.
Thursday, February 9th 2012 - 07:40 UTC
Argentine ‘Congress index’ shows January inflation reached 1.9%

Argentine congress members announced on Wednesday that the inflation index for January based on an average of private sector estimates reached 1.9%, similar to the previous month of December.
Thursday, February 9th 2012 - 07:37 UTC
Argentina has the (Central bank) cash to take over YPF, says Barclays Capital

Argentina has the cash reserves to make a tender offer for Repsol-YPF SA local unit, the country’s largest energy company, and will likely put further pressure on the industry to boost output, has stated Barclays Capital.
Thursday, February 9th 2012 - 07:34 UTC
Paraguay’s second couple in hospital with dengue

Paraguay’s Vice president Federico Franco and his wife lawmaker Emilia Alfaro are in hospital in the capital Asuncion following infection symptoms of the mosquito transmitted dengue which is very common in tropical areas during the rainy season.
Thursday, February 9th 2012 - 07:30 UTC
Hantavirus public alert in Chile after outbreak kills three people, infects ten others

Chile declared a public health alert this week over a hantavirus outbreak that has killed three people and infected at least 10 others and which have been blame of the wildfires of a very hot summer.
Wednesday, February 8th 2012 - 23:57 UTC
Eight ton whale shark hauled out of the water: Largest catch?

A group of Pakistani fishermen caught a monstrous whale shark in the Arabian Sea. A video clip was posted on YouTube showing the fish, about 40 feet long and six feet wide, being hauled in at the port using cranes in the Pakistani city of Karachi.
Wednesday, February 8th 2012 - 23:38 UTC
Turn on your ‘sepoy’ detector and weed out the ‘anti-Malvinas traitors’

Jorge Lanata is one of Argentina’s most famous and fierce journalists, feared by politicians and union leaders, famous for uncovering corruption and confronting the sacred cows of the country’s establishment. This week he made some controversial comments about the Malvinas Islands which rocked the whole country.
Wednesday, February 8th 2012 - 23:28 UTC
Argentina has no more claim to the Falklands than Canada does to Alaska

Argentina has no more claim to the Falklands than Canada does to Alaska Giving the Falkland Islands to Argentina makes as much sense as giving Alaska to Canada: none whatsoever, says George Grant.
Wednesday, February 8th 2012 - 22:14 UTC
US diplomacy reiterates Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty is a bilateral issue

The US Acting Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Roberta Jacobson, ratified the Obama administration’s standing on the Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty issue, which urges Argentina and the United Kingdom to find a diplomatic exit to the matter.
Wednesday, February 8th 2012 - 22:08 UTC
Brazil celebrating unconfirmed report that Lula da Silva is free of cancer

A piece of news in a Brazilian website on Wednesday today caused a wave of reactions and expectations when it declared sources close to the medical team treating former Brazilian President Lula da Silva for a throat cancer said he is free of the disease.