Stories for 2012

Thursday, March 8th 2012 - 06:26 UTC
Poor marks for Argentina in the annual report on money laundering activities

Argentina became an important destination for money laundering activities in 2011 and is now part of a list including 66 nations that the US State Department says are “jurisdictions of primary concern.”
Thursday, March 8th 2012 - 06:21 UTC
Chavez will return home from Cuba next week, says Colombian president

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Venezuela's Hugo Chávez will return home next week from Cuba where he is recovering from surgery to remove a cancerous tumour.
Thursday, March 8th 2012 - 06:10 UTC
Mexico’s tycoon Slim world’s richest man for a third consecutive year

Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim, who on Wednesday topped the Forbes rich list for a third consecutive year with a fortune of 69 billion dollars, invests widely as he seeks to expand his massive telecoms empire.
Thursday, March 8th 2012 - 06:06 UTC
Brazilian surprise: basic rate down to 9.75%, lowest in years

Brazil’s Central bank on Wednesday surprised analysts by accelerating the pace of interest rate cuts, bringing borrowing costs to 9.75%, below 10% for only the second time on record as it seeks to revive growth.
Thursday, March 8th 2012 - 01:37 UTC
Argentina blasts EU and describes Trade spokesperson statements as “false”

Argentina categorically rejected ‘false’ statements from the EU Trade spokesperson relative to a clarification request to Argentina, allegedly not replied, involving relations of the UK with Buenos Aires and also questioned the EU ‘silence’ on the Malvinas sovereignty question.
Thursday, March 8th 2012 - 00:12 UTC
Morrissey performs with “hate T-shirts” and insists the Falklands are Argentine

Morrissey's band performed in front of 15,000 fans in Argentina wearing “We Hate William and Kate” T-shirts, courting further controversy over his stance on the Falkland Islands.
Wednesday, March 7th 2012 - 23:24 UTC
EU calls on Argentina to respect international trade commitments

The European Union has called on Argentina to respect international trade commitments, following on the announcement by the Minister of Industry to boycott the purchase of imports originating in the UK in an escalating row over the Falklands.
Wednesday, March 7th 2012 - 17:25 UTC
Argentina to demand a review of the South Atlantic fisheries agreement

President Cristina Fernandez announced that Argentina will request the review of the South Atlantic fisheries agreement, because the UK and the Falklands are not abiding by the ‘protocols’ signed in the early nineties.
Wednesday, March 7th 2012 - 17:23 UTC
Cristina Fernandez meets Piñera next week: Falklands air link in the agenda

Argentine president Cristina Fernandez is scheduled to travel to Chile next week to meet with her peer Sebastian Piñera and the Falklands issue expected to outstand in the bilateral agenda, particularly air links with the Islands.
Wednesday, March 7th 2012 - 17:20 UTC
The city on the Mersey gathered for a final farewell to HMS Liverpool

Crowds gathered on the Wirral and in the heart of Liverpool to bid a fond and final farewell to Type 42 destroyer HMS Liverpool. She sailed into the Mersey last week for a six-day visit, berthing alongside at the Cruise Liner Terminal.