Stories for 2012

Wednesday, February 29th 2012 - 07:36 UTC
Uruguayan navy ousts 13 Brazilian flagged fishing vessels from sovereign waters

The Uruguayan Navy and Coast Guard impeded 13 Brazilian flagged trawlers from entering sovereign waters to fish, according to an official release from the Presidency website
Wednesday, February 29th 2012 - 07:24 UTC
Argentina spending more than it produces; “default situation” can’t be discarded

Argentina currently consumes more than it produces and only with strong growth can it avoid another default situation since liabilities continue to increase, warns economist Diana Mondino.
Wednesday, February 29th 2012 - 07:14 UTC
Argentines flood Chile to purchase electronic devices and home appliances

Seven out of ten Argentine cars that cross to Chile return home with electronic devices and home appliances bought in some Chilean city, according to a report from the Buenos Aires daily La Nación.
Wednesday, February 29th 2012 - 07:11 UTC
Greece slashes minimum wage and pensions to help rescue the Euro

Greece approved bitter new austerity measures on Tuesday, slashing the minimum wage and chopping pensions as Athens began implementing measures demanded by international lenders in return for a 130 billion Euro rescue package.
Wednesday, February 29th 2012 - 01:43 UTC
Pink Floyd lead singer says the Malvinas Islands “belong to Argentina”

Former Pink Floyd lead singer Roger Waters, who has nine shows scheduled in Buenos Aires at the River Plate stadium this March, assured that the Malvinas Islands “belong to Argentina. He also stated that the 1982 war between Argentina and the UK “saved then British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s political career.”
Wednesday, February 29th 2012 - 01:24 UTC
Argentina urges industry and business to cut imports from the UK

The Buenos Aires media, basically the ambito.com site reports that Argentine industry and business leaders were contacted by the Ministry of Industry which tried to persuade them from buying British supplies.
Wednesday, February 29th 2012 - 00:19 UTC
Tugs pulling ‘Costa Allegra’ to Seychelles; helicopter drops of bread and torches

Two tugs finally reached on Tuesday the stranded “Costa Allegra” cruise and are pulling her to the Seychelles Islands. The vessel on Monday suffered a fire which left her powerless approximately 200 miles southwest of the Indian Ocean islands.
Tuesday, February 28th 2012 - 20:10 UTC
British cruise avoids Chilean port because of protests and social unrest

Another British cruise vessel had to cancel its visit to a South American port, this time in Chile but not because of political disputes with the UK, but rather as a direct consequence of local protests against the national government.
Tuesday, February 28th 2012 - 19:54 UTC
Banning cruise vessels coming from Malvinas, “cheap way of making sovereignty”

The law was ‘misinterpreted’ and “the authorization awarded to cruise vessels by the (Argentine) Foreign Affairs ministry was ignored”, claimed the president of Ushuaia Chamber of Tourism Marcelo Lietti reacting to the weekend decision to bar two red ensign cruises from entering Tierra del Fuego.
Tuesday, February 28th 2012 - 19:09 UTC
UK ‘sad and frustrated’ with Argentine decision to turn away cruise vessels sailing from Falklands

The British government has said it is a source of ”sadness and frustrated” that Argentina decided to turn away British tourists wishing to visit Argentina as a result of the ongoing row over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands.