Stories for 2012

Monday, February 13th 2012 - 06:21 UTC
Latest medical tests show Lula da Silva larynx cancerous tumour has disappeared

The latest medical examination of former Brazilian president Lula da Silva has shown that a cancerous tumour in his larynx has disappeared, one of his doctors told a local newspaper Sunday.
Monday, February 13th 2012 - 06:01 UTC
It is official: Uruguay’s UPM-Botnia pulp mill does not contaminate, never has

A huge pulp mill, UPM, which has been at the heart of a several years’ controversy between Uruguay and Argentina, does not contaminate revealed Uruguay’s Foreign Affairs minister Luis Almagro before the Uruguayan parliament.
Monday, February 13th 2012 - 05:48 UTC
Argentine congress will discuss Malvinas issue in special session in Tierra del Fuego

The Argentine congress will be holding an extraordinary session next 24 February in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego to debate on the Falklands/Malvinas conflict. Under the 1994 Argentine constitution, the Falklands come under the jurisdiction of the province of Tierra del Fuego.
Monday, February 13th 2012 - 05:39 UTC
Chile denies ‘media rumours’ of Argentine sea and air blockade to the Falklands

Chilean Foreign Affairs minister Alfredo Moreno denied rumours that Argentina had requested Chile to join a blockade of the Falklands Islands and also reassured that the government of President Cristina Fernandez has not questioned the commercial air link between Santiago and the Islands.
Monday, February 13th 2012 - 05:33 UTC
Argentine Church calls on government and opposition not to take advantage of Malvinas dispute

The Argentine Catholic Church supports the country’s claim over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands but also called on the Executive and the rest of the Argentine leadership not to use the Malvinas issue with a political purpose.
Saturday, February 11th 2012 - 08:00 UTC
Brazil readies 14.000 troops in case Rio do Janeiro police strike extends

Brazil prepared to deploy troops on the streets of Rio de Janeiro on Friday, as a strike by the state's police force threatened to disrupt upcoming carnival festivities and raised new questions about security before the 2014 World Cup.
Saturday, February 11th 2012 - 07:55 UTC
President Mujica tells his lawmakers to stop acting petty and start working

Uruguayan president Jose Mujica called on the ruling coalition to stop acting with ‘pettiness’ and look forward to the legislative challenge of 2012 which includes several initiatives in different fields and he described as ‘essential’.
Saturday, February 11th 2012 - 07:46 UTC
Argentina says Uruguay should be grateful for all the investments and jobs created

Relations with the Uruguayan government couldn’t be better, with no obstacles ahead, and much of the success of the Uruguayan economy is influenced by Argentina, said ambassador in Montevideo Dante Dovena.
Saturday, February 11th 2012 - 07:42 UTC
Brazilean consumer prices increase 0.56% in January, fastest in nine months

Brazilian consumer prices rose at the fastest pace in nine months in January on higher transport, food and drink costs. Prices increased 0.56% from December, the national statistics agency said in a report distributed in Rio de Janeiro.
Saturday, February 11th 2012 - 07:39 UTC
Putin boosts presidential campaign with a tot of Antarctic ice prehistoric water

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was given a water sample Friday taken from a pristine lake hidden under Antarctic ice for over a million years, after Russian scientists drilled down to its surface.