Stories for July 2nd 2012

Monday, July 2nd 2012 - 05:48 UTC
Gay cruise vessel banned from Casablanca forced to dock in Malaga

The cruise ship “Nieuw Amsterdam” on its present voyage catering to gay clients docked Sunday in Malaga, south of Spain, after Moroccan authorities prohibited it from making its scheduled port of call in Casablanca.
Monday, July 2nd 2012 - 05:43 UTC
World’s largest brewer takes over Mexico’s Corona-Modelo group for 20.1bn

Anheuser Busch InBev, the world's biggest brewer, is taking over Mexico's Grupo Modelo for 20.1 billion dollars giving it dominance in Latin America's second-largest economy and adding Corona, the top-selling imported beer in the United States, to its brands.
Monday, July 2nd 2012 - 05:38 UTC
Brazil extends cut breaks on home appliances to help boost consumption

Brazilian government extended domestic tax breaks on home appliances and furniture, emphasizing efforts to help ailing Brazilian industries.
Monday, July 2nd 2012 - 05:32 UTC
Catholic Church rapidly loosing ground to evangelists in Brazil

Less than two-thirds of Brazilians identify as Catholics, marking a record decline in what is considered to be the world's largest Catholic country, new figures showed Friday.
Monday, July 2nd 2012 - 05:28 UTC
Brazil’s Vale gets green light for largest ever iron ore mining project

The world's number two mining company, Brazil’s Vale Doce said it received an environmental license to build its biggest-ever iron ore mine, an Amazon region project that holds about one trillion dollars of reserves at current prices.
Monday, July 2nd 2012 - 05:22 UTC
Gibraltar will never cede “an iota of sovereignty to Spain”, says Picardo

Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo has declared that he will never hand over “a grain of sand, a drop of water or a breath of air to Spain”. In an interview with the Spanish national press agency EFE, in Gibraltar House in London, Picardo regretted the “difficult relations with Spain” but reiterated that he would never cede “an iota of sovereignty to Spain.”
Monday, July 2nd 2012 - 05:13 UTC
Gibraltar and Spain agree on new round of fishing activities technical talks

Gibraltar and Spain are edging closer to a fishing activities agreement and a further round of technical talks between the Gibraltar Government’s fishing commission and Spanish fishermen has been agreed for next week.
Monday, July 2nd 2012 - 01:00 UTC
“Argentina will be responsible for the end of Mercosur” claims top Brazilian businessman

Brazilian businessman Rubens Barbosa, head of the foreign trade council of the Sao Paolo Federation of businessmen said on Sunday that in the last six months, the Argentine presidency of the bloc implemented measures that practically killed the Mercosur.
“Argentina will be responsible for the end of Mercosur,” he predicted.
Monday, July 2nd 2012 - 00:50 UTC
Venezuelan presidential campaign takes off: Chavez leads massive rally

President Hugo Chávez shook off his health problems to lead a massive rally on Sunday while opposition rival Henrique Capriles took to remote regions for the formal launch of Venezuela's presidential race.
Monday, July 2nd 2012 - 00:23 UTC
Former Mercosur top official blasts lack of political support and coordination

Mercosur high representative Samuel Pinheiro Guimaraes resigned because of “political reasons”, following the presentation of a report warning on the future of the regional block in the framework of the international crisis.