Stories for 2012

Monday, January 30th 2012 - 21:23 UTC
”Cristina Fernandez, the (elected) president with most power in the history of Argentina”

President Cristina Fernandez has more power than Juan Domingo Peron “ever had” and Peronism in Argentina is guarantee of governance, according to Carlos Corach a former Interior minister from former President Carlos Menem administration and a respected solicitor and political analyst.
Monday, January 30th 2012 - 21:11 UTC
For Brazil Argentina is a “good problem”, no longer a “permanent problem”

Argentina is “a good problem” for Brazil, said President Dilma Rousseff’s Foreign policy advisor Marco Aurelio Garcia ahead of another trade dispute when Argentina begins applying a new imports’ scheme that has been equally criticized by local and Brazilian manufacturers.
Monday, January 30th 2012 - 15:35 UTC
Keith Padgett interim Chief Executive of the Falkland Islands

Last Friday it was announced that Keith Padgett, Financial Director for the Falkland Islands Government, has been appointed interim Chief Executive of the Islands until a replacement is appointed for outgoing CE, Tim Thorogood.
Monday, January 30th 2012 - 09:49 UTC
Uruguay's ruling coalition has 7 points lead over the opposition

Uruguay’s ruling catch-all coalition, Broad Front, has a 44% support well ahead of any of the two main opposition parties, according to the latest public opinion poll released in Montevideo by Equipos Mori.
Monday, January 30th 2012 - 09:45 UTC
Chile, Brazil and Uruguay among the world’s leading exporters of wood chips

Wood chip exports from Latin America are on track to reach a record high of almost eight million tons in 2011, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. This would be an increase of 7% from last year and of almost 60% higher than in 2006.
Monday, January 30th 2012 - 09:40 UTC
Venezuela convenes an ALBA summit to propose creating an economic space

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has called for a presidential summit of the Bolivarian Alliance of the Peoples of our America, ALBA, for next February 5 in Caracas when it is expected Chavez will insist in the creation of an economic block.
Monday, January 30th 2012 - 09:37 UTC
Over five million Spaniards out of a job; recession forecasted in 2012 first quarter

Spain’s unemployment total has passed the five million mark, with the jobless rate shooting up from 21.5% to 22.8%, which represents something like one out of four workers don’t have a job.
Monday, January 30th 2012 - 09:28 UTC
Balloon tests for indefinite re-election of President Cristina Fernandez

The possibility of a constitutional amendment to allow Argentine President Cristina Fernandez a third consecutive mandate is being seriously considered and publicly hailed and tested by her most ultra-orthodox followers although no projects have been presented to Congress.
Monday, January 30th 2012 - 09:22 UTC
PM Cameron repeats ‘re-colonization’ argument for Gibraltar and Spain

Repeating his recent statement regarding the Falkland Islands and Argentina, British Prime Minister David Cameron said the UK backed Gibraltar’s right to self determination and that to go against the wishes of its people would amount to “re-colonisation”.
Monday, January 30th 2012 - 09:20 UTC
Gibraltar Tripartite dialogue dead, announces Spanish Vice president

Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Garcia Margallo has sent a letter to his UK counterpart William Hague responding to Prime Minister David Cameron’s remarks on self-determination.