MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for October 4th 2012
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Thursday, October 4th 2012 - 07:28 UTC
Massive protests from Argentine Coast and Border Guards demanding higher salaries
The administration of president Cristina Fernandez was facing on Wednesday the major challenge of her second mandate as thousands of troops and petty officers from the border patrol and coast guard, plus some naval and police sectors went on strike over wage cuts and working conditions.
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Thursday, October 4th 2012 - 07:24 UTC
Lula da Silva’s former chief of staff ‘master mind’ of Brazil’s biggest corruption scandal
Former president Lula da Silva's chief of staff masterminded a vote-buying scheme by the ruling Workers Party in Brazil's Congress, a Supreme Court justice said Wednesday, in the biggest corruption scandal in the country in 20 years.
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Thursday, October 4th 2012 - 07:18 UTC
Fearing a collapse of their economy, Cubans overwhelmingly would vote for Chavez
Many Cubans are anxious about the results of Venezuela’ presidential election next Sunday and are praying for an Hugo Chavez victory since they are fearful of another collapse of the island’s economy if the winner is opposition candidate Henrique Capriles.
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Thursday, October 4th 2012 - 07:11 UTC
Gibraltar hosts Labour party conference; Falklands’ MLAs also attended
Chief Minister Fabian Picardo hosted the annual Gibraltar Government reception at the Labour Party Conference in Manchester on Sunday which was also attended by Falkland Islands Members of the Legislative Assembly, Jan Cheek and Ian Hansen.
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Thursday, October 4th 2012 - 06:48 UTC
Falklands’ referendum will be done under scrutiny of “international observers”
The referendum to decide the political future of the Falkland Islands will be done under the scrutiny of a “whole series of international observers” come early 2013, Legislative Assembly member Dr Barry Elsby has said.
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Thursday, October 4th 2012 - 06:45 UTC
Economic crisis still has six years before returning to decent shape”, says IMF
It will take at least ten years for the world economy to recover from the economic crisis that started in 2007 and to get back to the normal shape, International Monetary Fund Chief Economist Olivier Blanchard said in an interview published on Wednesday.
