Stories for September 2012

Tuesday, September 18th 2012 - 06:30 UTC
Rajoy loses the influential leader of the conservative wing of the ruling party

Madrid regional president Esperanza Aguirre, an influential Spanish politician and a leader of the conservative wing of the ruling centre-right People's Party (PP), resigned on Monday in a surprise announcement.
Tuesday, September 18th 2012 - 06:23 UTC
Meet the official mascot for the 2014 FIFA World Cup: the Brazilian armadillo

Brazil has chosen an endangered armadillo as the mascot for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. While nature's version is light brown in colour, Fifa's mascot is yellow with green eyes and a blue shell, the colours of the Brazilian flag, and will be holding aloft a football.
Tuesday, September 18th 2012 - 06:17 UTC
Brazil begins rebuilding Antarctic base destroyed by deadly fire last February

Three navy supply ships will head for Antarctica next month to begin rebuilding a Brazilian naval base destroyed by a deadly fire in February, Defence Minister Celso Amorim said Monday.
Tuesday, September 18th 2012 - 06:06 UTC
Bahrain telecoms in talks to buy C&W assets, including the Falklands

Bahrain Telecommunications Co is in talks with Cable & Wireless Communications to buy its assets in Monaco and a host of island nations, including the Falklands Islands, a deal potentially worth around 1 billion dollars, three banking and industry sources said, reported in the Emirates media.
Tuesday, September 18th 2012 - 05:53 UTC
Paraguay and Syria excluded from South America/Arab countries leaders summit in Peru

The third summit of leaders from South America and Arab Countries, ASPA, will take place in Lima, Peru next 1 and 2 October but without the attendance of Paraguay and Syria which have been suspended from their respective blocks, according to Peruvian Deputy Foreign Minister Jose Beráun.
Monday, September 17th 2012 - 18:29 UTC
Falklands’ referendum will send strong message to world public opinion

The Falkland Islands don’t expect Argentina to accept the results of the coming referendum, but will show the rest of the world, particularly South and Central America that the Islands are a democracy and have the right to self determination, said Falklands’ lawmakers in an interview with the Mexican newspaper Excelsior.
Monday, September 17th 2012 - 17:29 UTC
Cruise convention underlines South America’s potential for the industry

South America was described as a ‘fantastic destination’ for the cruise industry but with an even greater potential said Chris Hayman at the closing ceremony of the two-day Seatrade South America Cruise Convention in Buenos Aires.
Monday, September 17th 2012 - 14:57 UTC
FOGL and Edison strike gas discovery to the East of the Falkland Islands

Falkland Oil and Gas Ltd announced Monday that the well drilled to the East of the Falkland Islands to a depth of over 4.000 meters is a gas discovery. The statement comes after a rough week for FOGL when its shares plummeted following poor and unfounded press coverage.
Monday, September 17th 2012 - 05:48 UTC
Spain dumps Paraguay from the Ibero-American summit not to offend Argentina

A top Spanish official made a low profile and unexpected visit to Paraguay last week with the purpose of trying to convince the administration of president Federico Franco to remain absent from the coming Ibero-American summit scheduled for November since Madrid fears his presence could turn the event into a failure.
Monday, September 17th 2012 - 05:43 UTC
Brazil’s ‘trial of the century’ culprits point to Lula da Silva as “the chief”

Former Brazilian president Lula da Silva was “the chief” of the corruption network the ruling Workers Party had organized to have sufficient votes in Congress, according to a report published in the weekly Veja, the magazine with the largest circulation in the country.