MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for October 12th 2012
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Friday, October 12th 2012 - 06:11 UTC
Chinese dissident says Nobel in Literature was meant to please Beijing
Prominent Chinese dissident Wei Jingsheng on Thursday criticized the awarding of the Nobel literature prize to officially tolerated author Mo Yan, saying the move was meant to please Beijing.
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Friday, October 12th 2012 - 06:06 UTC
Argentina inflation in nine months of 2012 reached 18%, says “Congress index”
Argentine opposition lawmakers presented on Thursday September’s ‘Congress inflation index’ based in the analysis of nine private agencies, which showed a 1.93% increase against the previous month and 18% in the first nine months of 2012.
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Friday, October 12th 2012 - 05:57 UTC
Argentina sends top level political mission to Ghana after the ARA Libertad
Argentina is sending a top level ministerial delegation to Ghana to discuss the release of the Navy’s tall vessel ARA Libertad, retained in the African country following a Thursday court ruling which confirmed the seizure on the complaint from a hedge fund.
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Friday, October 12th 2012 - 00:46 UTC
Argentine energy policy further limits methanol production in south Chile
Canada’s Methanex Corporation announced on Thursday that because of severe restrictions in the provision of natural gas to its plant in the extreme south of Chile, Punta Arenas, Magallanes Region, the company is forced to another re-structuring which will leave 48 people redundant.
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Friday, October 12th 2012 - 00:18 UTC
Brazilian president calls for European ‘greater understanding’ of the Argentine situation
President Dilma Rousseff, meeting with her Irish peer Michael D. Higgins said the global crisis has had a greater impact on Argentina than on Brazil, which has a stronger industrial base, and called for a better understanding of President Cristina Fernandez administration.
