Stories for March 2012

Wednesday, March 21st 2012 - 06:32 UTC
Argentina denies protectionism; claims imports in 2011 soared 30%

Foreign Affairs minister Hector Timerman said on Tuesday “there is no country” in the world that can say Argentina is protectionist and claimed it is the G20 member that saw imports soar most between 2010 and 2011.
Wednesday, March 21st 2012 - 06:29 UTC
Latam and Caribbean with the highest rate of homicides in the world, says IDB

President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Luis Alberto Moreno urged Latin America and Caribbean governments to learn from and replicate successful experiences in the prevention of crime and violence in the region.
Wednesday, March 21st 2012 - 06:16 UTC
HMS Montrose: Argentina thanks Humala; Peruvian opposition calls minister “incompetent and foolish”

During a live press conference on Tuesday, Argentine President Cristina Fernández thanked “the Peruvian government and population” for their decision to leave without effect the scheduled, but controversial, visit of a British frigate “in support of the Argentine sovereignty claim over the Malvinas Islands.”
Wednesday, March 21st 2012 - 04:41 UTC
Next Mercosur summit in Mendoza, June 26/28; Brazil takes the relay

The next Mercosur presidential summit is scheduled to take place next 26/28 June in the city of Mendoza, when the rotating chair will be handed for the following six months to Brazil.
Wednesday, March 21st 2012 - 04:27 UTC
Gibraltar exposed to a repeat of Spanish provocations from a decade ago

Gibraltar appeared to be heading back to scenes of over a decade ago: clashes with Spanish fishermen and politicians. On Monday evening the Spanish ruling Popular Party from neighbouring Algeciras Mayor, Jose Ignacio Landaluce, boarded the vessel ‘Joaquina’ backing a protest sail into Gibraltar waters.
Wednesday, March 21st 2012 - 04:23 UTC
FIFA cleansing advances: Brazil’s Texeira steps down from executive committee

Ricardo Teixeira severed his ties with soccer's international governing body on Monday, a week after he resigned as head of the Brazilian Football Confederation and organiser of the 2014 World Cup.
Tuesday, March 20th 2012 - 23:51 UTC
Spain vows to defend Repsol-YPF interests in Argentina; board meeting to decide on YPF profits

Adding fuel to the quarrel between Argentina and Spain for disagreements over Spanish investors administrated YPF, Spanish Industry minister of José Manuel Soria vowed on Tuesday to defend his country’s interests.
Tuesday, March 20th 2012 - 22:23 UTC
Former councillor Cockwell receives OBE from the Queen for promoting Falklands internationally

Former Falkland Islands elected Councillor Richard Cockwell last week received his OBE from Her Majesty the Queen at Buckingham Palace. Richard was awarded the honour for his work promoting the Falklands internationally.
Tuesday, March 20th 2012 - 22:10 UTC
Falklands recovers community land 30 after the war, following mines’ clearance

Thirty years after the end of the South Atlantic conflict, the people of the Falkland Islands will be recovering an iconic leisure ground which remained banned for three decades because of the mines planted by the retreating Argentine forces that invaded the Islands 2 April 1982.
Tuesday, March 20th 2012 - 22:01 UTC
Poll shows 61% UK support for defending the Falklands; young voters not so sure

As the 30th anniversary of the beginning of the South Atlantic conflict approaches, a new poll conducted in the UK by the newspaper The Guardian has shown that British people are largely determined to defend the islands.