Stories for March 2012

Thursday, March 15th 2012 - 03:24 UTC
Chile/UK respect ‘legitimate differences’ but say NO to a blockade of the Faklands

Foreign Office minister Jeremy Browne and Chilean Foreign Affairs Minister Alfredo Moreno agreed to respect their legitimate differences regarding the Argentine/UK dispute over the Falklands’ sovereignty but also emphasized the Chilean (and other Mercosur members) position contrary to an economic blockade of the Islands or isolating its population.
Thursday, March 15th 2012 - 02:52 UTC
Cristina Fernandez censors television program; former CNN reporter privileged witness

A former CNN in Spanish journalist Alberto Padilla was a privileged witness of censorship in Argentina, minutes before he was to be interviewed by a television channel in Buenos Aires: “the order to stop the program came directly from (Federal planning) minister De Vido”.
Thursday, March 15th 2012 - 00:40 UTC
US-Canada and EU agree to end ‘beef war’; Brussels grants 48.000 tons quota

European Parliament has backed a deal that will increase EU imports of beef from the US and Canada and help European food exporters. A row over growth hormones used on North American cattle ranches led to a trade war lasting more than 20 years.
Thursday, March 15th 2012 - 00:28 UTC
UK youth unemployment at its highest in two decades: 22.5%

United Kingdom’s unemployment rate held at a 13-year high of 8.4% in the three months to January, and the youth unemployment rate rose to a record high, official data showed Wednesday.
Thursday, March 15th 2012 - 00:23 UTC
All but four of US main banks pass ‘strain test’; Citi among the failed

All but four of 19 major United States banks got a green light yesterday to boost dividends and buy back shares after the Federal Reserve declared them strong enough to survive another serious recession.
Thursday, March 15th 2012 - 00:17 UTC
With soaring beef prices cattle rustling is an industry in the Canadian prairies

A rope and a good sturdy branch are no longer an option, or an effective deterrent for the lowlife curs stealing cows in the Canadian province of Alberta. Cattle rustling still occur in the not-so-wild west, with more than 6.000 head stolen annually by thieves prowling the prairies for heifers to heist and sell.
Wednesday, March 14th 2012 - 23:52 UTC
Brazilian vessel looses half 5.000 cattle on board and has no port to dock

An animal welfare disaster resulting in the death of more than half the 5.000 cattle on board a Brazilian-owned live export ship bound for Egypt over the past fortnight has prompted renewed calls to ban the industry.
Wednesday, March 14th 2012 - 23:26 UTC
The Lady out of control: appeals to “Nazi, Mengele and anti Semitism” to attack the media

Argentine president Cristina Fernandez used the words “Nazi, Mengele and a scent of anti-Semitism” to describe a couple of articles in Buenos Aires leading newspapers which revealed the ups and downs in ‘palace intrigues” and a second critical of the expanding power of her son Maximo Kirchner with the youth organization La Campora.
Wednesday, March 14th 2012 - 05:36 UTC
Last Americas Summit without Cuba, agree Argentina and Brazil

Argentina and Brazil Foreign Affairs ministers said in Sao Paulo both countries are committed that the next Summit of the Americas to be held in April in Colombia is the last without the participation of Cuba.
Wednesday, March 14th 2012 - 02:56 UTC
Argentine ‘official’ February inflation at 0.7%: private estimates, 1.65%

Argentine inflation reached 0.7% in February against the previous month, and accumulated a 1.7% increase in 2012 so far, according to the Indec national statistics bureau. This is less than half the index from the private agencies and released as the •Congress index”, which in February marked 1.65% and