Stories for October 2012

Monday, October 22nd 2012 - 19:20 UTC
UN Security Council says ARA Libertad incident does not endanger world peace

Argentine Foreign minister Hector Timerman began Monday morning his round of contacts in New York to lobby for the release of the Navy’s training frigate retained in Ghana but suffered a first setback when he met with the president of the UN Security Council, Ambassador Gert Rosenthal.
Monday, October 22nd 2012 - 18:46 UTC
WTO upholds ruling favouring the US in steel products dispute with China

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has upheld its decision that China's tariffs on imports of certain US steel products were illegal. Beijing had imposed duties on a particular kind of US steel, alleging that its makers were being given subsidies by the US government.
Monday, October 22nd 2012 - 18:40 UTC
Most of ARA Libertad crew should be arriving at Buenos Aires late Wednesday

Argentina confirmed on Monday that most of the crew from the training frigate ARA Libertad retained in Ghana is being evacuated and should arrive in Buenos Aires Wednesday night, in a chartered commercial aircraft. Only a small group of officers and 44 crew members will remain on the impounded vessel for maintenance work.
Monday, October 22nd 2012 - 06:27 UTC
Mercosur to skip Paraguay in December and hand rotating chair to Uruguay

Uruguay’s tenure of Mercosur rotating chair will be advanced six months meaning that at the coming summit in December Brazil will hand over the next six-month responsibility to the administration of President Jose Mujica, thus skipping Paraguay which remains suspended from the South American trade group.
Monday, October 22nd 2012 - 04:45 UTC
Loyal unions give Argentine government 40 days to raise the income tax floor

The branch of Argentina’s organized labour that supports President Cristina Fernandez gave the government forty days to raise the income tax floor, which with double digit inflation is including an ever increasing number of wage earners.
Monday, October 22nd 2012 - 04:25 UTC
ARA Libertad: Timerman at UN for round of contacts beginning with Ban Ki-moon

Argentine Foreign minister Hector Timerman is scheduled to begin on Monday a round of contacts with top United Nations officials to address the issue of the training frigate ARA Libertad, impounded in Ghana.
Monday, October 22nd 2012 - 04:20 UTC
CFK’s positive image “rapidly melting”; Macri rising to main opposition reference

The melting of Argentine President Cristina Fernandez, CFK, positive image is increasing and has fallen to 37%, while the mayor of Buenos Aires City is increasingly occupying the position of head of the opposition, according to comments from Sergio Berensztein, head of Poliarquía one of the most respected pollsters in Buenos Aires.
Monday, October 22nd 2012 - 04:15 UTC
Veteran Tories call PM Cameron’s government ‘incompetent and elitist”

British Prime Minister David Cameron is under pressure to reassert his authority over a Conservative Party reeling after a week which saw the resignation of a senior minister and claims of incompetence and elitism at the heart of his government.
Monday, October 22nd 2012 - 04:10 UTC
“Fidel is alive and well”, says Venezuelan politician who allegedly met with him

Cuban leader Fidel Castro is alive and well, according to Elias Jaua, a former Venezuelan vice president who says he met with Castro over the weekend.
Monday, October 22nd 2012 - 04:02 UTC
Brazilian newspapers abandon Google News on dispute over payment and traffic

Newspapers accounting for 90% of the circulation in Brazil have abandoned Google News. Brazil's National Association of Newspapers says all 154 members had followed its recommendation to ban the search engine aggregator from using their content