Stories for July 2012

Thursday, July 19th 2012 - 07:52 UTC
Mercosur ratifies before review tribunal decision to suspend Paraguay

Mercosur full members Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay are insisting with their decision to sanction the Paraguayan government following the impeachment and removal of former president Fernando Lugo
Thursday, July 19th 2012 - 07:46 UTC
Argentine Jewish community recalls bombing that killed 85 in Buenos Aires

During the ceremony commemorating the 18th anniversary of the bombing at the AMIA Argentine Jewish centre in Buenos Aires, the entity’s president Guillermo Borger restated the claim for justice for the victims of the 1994 terrorist attack.
Thursday, July 19th 2012 - 07:41 UTC
Paraguay claims a Venezuela funded “cruel lobby” is discrediting the country in OAS

The Caribbean countries that depend economically from Venezuela have become a “cruel lobby”, strongly pressing to have Paraguay sanctioned by the Organization of American States claims that country’s representative.
Thursday, July 19th 2012 - 07:34 UTC
World Bank warns that Euro debt crisis will have an impact on most regions

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim on Wednesday warned that most regions of the world will be hurt by the debt crisis enveloping the Euro zone and said it was vital to protect the strong economic gains of the past decade in the developing world.
Thursday, July 19th 2012 - 07:25 UTC
Argentine province suspends mining project from Canadian company Osisko

A court from the Argentine province of La Rioja ruled in favour of suspending the mining project led by Canadian company Osisko in Famatina until the Glaciers Law is applied in the area.
Thursday, July 19th 2012 - 07:12 UTC
Vatican bank fails test on preventing financial crime

The Vatican bank or Institute for Works of Religion, IOR, needs more reform in order to show it is effective at preventing financial crime, a report by a European banking watchdog has said.
Thursday, July 19th 2012 - 07:07 UTC
EU/Mercosur trade talks suspended until after Paraguayan elections of April 2013

The removal of Fernando Lugo as president of Paraguay interrupted European Union/Mercosur discussions, which could resume following the April 2013 presidential elections said on Wednesday the European Parliament mission visiting Asunción.
Thursday, July 19th 2012 - 07:01 UTC
Monsanto plant in Cordoba will produce corn seed for 3.5 million hectares

US agrochemical giant Monsanto will direct most of a 365 million dollars investment in Argentina to a corn seed factory in the central city of Cordoba, the local government there has announced.
Wednesday, July 18th 2012 - 18:24 UTC
HMS Dauntless in South Africa; will pay courtesy visit to the Falklands

The Royal Navy’s Daring class Type 45 destroyer HMS Dauntless is in Cape Town, mid-way through her six-month deployment to the Falklands relieving HMS Montrose according to British defence news.
Wednesday, July 18th 2012 - 17:25 UTC
Former Chilean president father alleged torturers formally charged with his death

Chile charged two former officers in Augusto Pinochet's military dictatorship with being the “co-authors” of the torture that killed the father of former president Michelle Bachelet.