Stories for September 2012

Tuesday, September 11th 2012 - 05:02 UTC
Falkland Oil & Gas expected to announce results of drilling in next few days

Falkland Oil and Gas has provided an update on drilling operations at its Loligo prospect, following market speculation which has seen the value of the companies shares fall by almost 30% at one point on Monday.
Tuesday, September 11th 2012 - 04:49 UTC
Brazil total harvest estimate, 164.5 million tons; corn up 29%; soy down 12%

Brazil’s harvest of cereals, legumes and oilseeds reached an estimated 164.5 million metric tons in 2012, which is 2.8% above the figure of 2011 (160.1 million metric tons) and 0.7% above the July estimate (163.3 million metric tons).
Tuesday, September 11th 2012 - 03:57 UTC
Brazilian population increases “one Uruguay” in two years, and totals 194 million

The Brazilian population amounts to 193,946,886 people, according to estimates from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), based on the 2010 Census, as released in Brasilia last week.
Monday, September 10th 2012 - 05:33 UTC
Mexican president says some Latam countries are losing the democracy battle

Democracy is in retreat in some Latinamerican countries warned the Mexican president Felipe Calderon in the Russian city of Vladivostok where he attended the APEC summit forum, (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation).
Monday, September 10th 2012 - 05:29 UTC
In spite of God and Cristina, several Argentine governors teaming up as an option

Cordoba’s governor picked up the glove and replied to Argentine President Cristina Fernandez statements on God and fear arguing that God cannot be feared; I learned not to fear God or any other kind of governing body, however powerful they are”.
Monday, September 10th 2012 - 05:26 UTC
Argentine budget numbers ever so red in the seven months of 2012

The Argentine financial deficit soared to 13.5 billion Pesos in the first seven months of the year and could have reached 25.9bn Pesos had it not been for extraordinary resources from Social Security funds and the Central bank, according to the numbers published in the last release from the Central Bank.
Monday, September 10th 2012 - 01:39 UTC
Rio police begins to use drones to control drugs and crime in the city’s shanty towns

A battalion of Special Forces (BOPE) from the Brazilian city of Rio do Janeiro started using unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones to air monitor the drugs trade and gangs in shanty towns surrounding the “marvellous city”.
Monday, September 10th 2012 - 01:35 UTC
Soros calls on Germany “to lead or leave the Euro”; suggests Euro zone target of 5% growth

International financier George Soros has called for Germany to “lead or leave the euro” days before a crucial ruling on the Euro zone's bailout fund by Germany's constitutional court. Mr Soros argued that the euro zone should target 5% economic growth.
Monday, September 10th 2012 - 01:30 UTC
Mexican political turmoil: opposition leader Lopez Obrador decides to create his party

Mexican opposition leader Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who twice contested second-place losses in presidential elections, said he would leave his coalition, a move that threatens to create a rift among leftists in Congress.
Monday, September 10th 2012 - 01:25 UTC
Foreign Office flies Gibraltar flag on Rock’s Day; last June 14 it was the Falklands’ flag

The Foreign Office will fly the Gibraltar flag on Monday, National Day in its building along Whitehall. Foreign Office ministers David Lidington and Mark Simmonds, respectively the ministers for Europe and the Overseas Territories, have said they welcome the raising of the Gibraltar Flag over the FCO in Whitehall to mark Gibraltar Day.