Stories for 2012

Friday, March 9th 2012 - 03:09 UTC
HMS Victory changes custodian and undergoes extensive restoration

The custodianship of the Royal Navy's oldest commissioned warship HMS Victory is to be transferred from the MOD to a charitable trust. The 18th century warship based at the Historic Dockyard in Portsmouth will now be maintained by the HMS Victory Preservation Trust, established as part of the National Museum of the Royal Navy.
Friday, March 9th 2012 - 03:04 UTC
Brazil to invest 22 million dollars to rebuild Antarctic station destroyed by fire

Brazil approved the allocation of 40 million Reais (approx 22 million dollars) to rebuild and modernize the country’s Antarctic research station Comandante Ferraz which was destroyed during a fire last month.
Friday, March 9th 2012 - 01:12 UTC
Latam vulnerable to trade shocks and highly China-dependent, warns IIF

Economic growth in Latin America should speed to 4.5% in 2013 thanks to monetary stimulus and steadier global conditions, raising the risk of policy complacency, the Institute of International Finance said on Thursday.
Friday, March 9th 2012 - 00:39 UTC
IAATO appoints new environmentalist

Providence, RI. - The International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) yesterday announced the appointment of South African environmentalist Claudia “Clouds” Holgate to the part-time position of Environmental Operations Assistant.
Friday, March 9th 2012 - 00:20 UTC
Chilean inflation on target, in spite of February’s spike, says minister

Chilean inflation accelerated in February fuelled by transport and food costs, reinforcing expectations the central bank will hold its key interest rate steady next week.
Thursday, March 8th 2012 - 23:51 UTC
Put the islanders first: key to the Malvinas/Falklands dispute

By Robert Cox (*) - Charleston, South Carolina - The misbegotten war over the Islands that need not be named has reversed the concept that war is a continuation of politics or diplomacy by other means. The conflict continues in political and diplomatic terms in Argentina and in Britain. Lost in the clamour is the key to the solution: the interests of the native Islanders.
Thursday, March 8th 2012 - 09:42 UTC
Brazil has become the sixth-largest economy in the world overtaking the UK

Brazil has become the sixth-biggest economy in the world, the country's finance minister announced. The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) and other economic forecasters also said that Brazil had now overtaken the UK.
Thursday, March 8th 2012 - 09:35 UTC
BBC documents reveal French double role during the Falklands conflict

In his memoirs, former UK Defence Secretary Sir John Nott describes France as Britain's “greatest ally” during the Falklands War. However, formerly secret papers and other evidence seen by the BBC show that was not the full story. Before the war, France sold Argentina's military junta five Exocet missiles.
Thursday, March 8th 2012 - 06:42 UTC
Spanish King rings Cristina Fernandez to cool YPF taking over campaign

Spain’s Foreign Secretary Manuel Garcia Margallo admitted there is great concern in Madrid over the situation of Repsol-YPF in Argentina, which is questioning the oil corporation for not having invested sufficiently or paid sufficient taxes, and revealed that King Juan Carlos has been on the phone with President Cristina Fernandez.
Thursday, March 8th 2012 - 06:33 UTC
Argentine veterans insist with identifying remains of 123 comrades buried in Falklands

Argentine veterans from the 1982 Falklands/Malvinas war with Britain reiterated on Wednesday a request for the identification of 123 unknown comrades buried in the Falkland Islands.