Stories for 2012

Thursday, April 5th 2012 - 14:48 UTC
Global deal and tracking system to stem illegal tobacco trade

Negotiators from 135 nations sealed Wednesday a global deal to stem the illegal tobacco trade that could net governments 50 billion dollars more annually in tax revenues, the World Health Organisation said.
Thursday, April 5th 2012 - 14:45 UTC
Green light for huge controversial hydroelectric project in Chilean Patagonia

Chile's Supreme Court Wednesday removed the last legal obstacle to building a giant 2.9 billion dollars hydroelectric complex in the Patagonian wilderness, rejecting a bid by environmentalists to block it.
Thursday, April 5th 2012 - 14:29 UTC
Memorandum for Lady Thatcher on Chile’s support during Falklands’ conflict

It is a well known and admitted fact that the Chilean regime of General Augusto Pinochet provided very useful intelligence to the British effort to recover the occupied Falkland Islands in 1982.
Wednesday, April 4th 2012 - 23:55 UTC
Half of Argentines believe Malvinas conflict ‘will never be solved’, shows poll

Half of Argentines believe that the Falklands/Malvinas conflict over which Argentina and Britain went to war 30 years ago, will not be solved, but a clear majority have no doubts about the sovereignty issue, according to a public opinion poll released on Wednesday.
Wednesday, April 4th 2012 - 22:39 UTC
Cristina Fernandez repudiates Monday attack against British embassy in Buenos Aires

Argentine President Cristina Fernández condemned the attacks of the extreme left-wing organization Quebracho to the British embassy in Buenos Aires occurred last Monday, date of the 30th anniversary of the Malvinas War.
Wednesday, April 4th 2012 - 22:33 UTC
Jimmy Burns updated edition of how Argentina lost the Falklands war

On the 30th anniversary of the invasion of the Falkland Islands Jimmy Burns launches an updated edition of “The Land that lost its Heroes” , How Argentina lost the Falklands war, which draws on unique access to military, diplomatic and intelligence sources in Argetina, the US and the UK plus other key players.
Wednesday, April 4th 2012 - 22:28 UTC
Falklands invites Peace laureates to visit the Islands and “see for themselves”

In an open letter the Falklands Islands elected government reminds Nobel Peace laureates that Falklanders as a people have the right to self-determination and that after 200 years of links with Britain, “we would consider any control (of the Islands) by Argentina as alien, and therefore a denial of our rights as a people”.
Wednesday, April 4th 2012 - 08:42 UTC
Mujica will try and convince Brazil to open Mercosur to third countries

Uruguayan president Jose Mujica arrives Thursday in neighbouring Brazil to discuss with his peer Dilma Rousseff trade expansion, productive and energy complementation and above all opening Mercosur to third countries in search of new markets.
Wednesday, April 4th 2012 - 08:37 UTC
Colombian president calls on FARC to free the estimated 400 civilian hostages

Ten government hostages (four soldiers and six policemen) held by a rebel group in Colombia for more than a decade were freed on Monday with great expectations but also skepticism because it is believed the same organization still has 400 civilian hostages.
Wednesday, April 4th 2012 - 04:12 UTC
Argentina announced heavy fine for mobile phone provider that left 16 million clients out of service

The Argentine government said on Tuesday it will sanction heavily the local unit of Spanish Telecommunications Company Telefonica SA mobile phone service provider after a service disruption left more than 16 million clients without phone and data service for several hours.