Stories for 2012

Saturday, February 11th 2012 - 07:34 UTC
Argentine police beats up environmentalists protesting mining projects: 24 injured

At least 24 people were injured after Argentine police using rubber bullets, tear gas, dogs and riot vehicles violently cleared demonstrators blocking a national route to protest a mining project by Swiss and Canadian companies in the northeast of the country.
Saturday, February 11th 2012 - 02:15 UTC
Argentine government and private sector coincide inflation is climbing, and fast

Argentina’s consumer prices inflation reached 0.9% in January, accumulating 9.7% in the last twelve months according to the official Indec national statistics bureau. The index is less than half the private estimate or “Congress index”, 1.9%.
Saturday, February 11th 2012 - 01:34 UTC
UK is open to bilateral talks with Argentina on any issue except Falklands’ sovereignty

UN British ambassador warned Argentina on Friday that Britain would “robustly” defend the Falkland Islands if necessary, but added that his country remained open to bilateral talks with Buenos Aires on any issue except the Islands' sovereignty.
Saturday, February 11th 2012 - 01:26 UTC
Ban Ki-moon calls on Argentina and UK to scale down Falklands’ dispute

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon voiced hope that Argentina and the United Kingdom can avoid escalating their dispute over the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) and resolve their differences through dialogue.
Friday, February 10th 2012 - 18:03 UTC
Argentina backs Uruguay trade delegation to Falklands: “we’re not for the blockade”

The Argentine government sees with good eyes that a Uruguayan trade delegation travelled to the Falklands/Malvinas in spite of the ‘dialectic conflict’ with the UK over the sovereignty of the Islands, said the Argentine ambassador in Montevideo, Dante Dovena.
Friday, February 10th 2012 - 04:20 UTC
Prince Harry named best co-pilot gunner of the Apache helicopter training course

Prince Harry, or Captain Wales as he is known in the Army, has been named best co-pilot gunner in his Apache training course. Captain Wales and his fellow trainees have now completed the Conversion to Role (CTR) course which involves 18 months of rigorous training on the Apache attack helicopter.
Friday, February 10th 2012 - 04:19 UTC
Royal Navy patrol issues record fine to Dutch fishing vessel

A Royal Navy patrol ship has issued a record on-the-spot fine to fishermen using undersized nets after sailors boarded a Dutch fishing vessel in the North Sea. HMS Mersey, one of the Royal Navy's three fishery protection vessels, was on routine duties when she spotted the FV Elizabeth sailing 40 nautical miles off the Norfolk coast.
Friday, February 10th 2012 - 04:15 UTC
Brazil anticipates a 3% contraction in the 2011/12 crop because of severe drought

The 2012 Brazilian grains and oilseed is expected to be below the 2011 record because of the intense drought in the months of December and January, particularly to the south of the country where soybeans and rice suffered most reported the Geography and Statistics Institute, IBGE.
Friday, February 10th 2012 - 03:58 UTC
Police strike shows security remains main challenge for Brazil’s world events

Hundreds of striking police officers ended their 10-day occupation of a state assembly house in Brazil's third-biggest city, easing tensions in a walkout that unleashed a bloody crime wave and threatened upcoming carnival celebrations.
Friday, February 10th 2012 - 02:03 UTC
Debate on Cuba’s attendance to the coming Americas summit in Colombia

The Cuban government has expressed its interest in attending the coming Summit of the Americas scheduled for next April in Cartagena, revealed Colombian Foreign Affairs minister Maria Angela Holguin following a visit to Havana.