Stories for October 2012

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.
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.
Thursday, October 11th 2012 - 23:53 UTC
Unasur leaders to discuss peace, security and cooperation protocol in Peru

Unasur presidents will be meeting next 30 November in Lima to discuss the Protocol on Peace, Security and Cooperation in the framework of a greater debate referred to democracy and integration, and democracy and social inclusion, announced the Peruvian Foreign Minister Rafael Roncaglio.
Thursday, October 11th 2012 - 23:44 UTC
US Noble Energy adds Nevada to its list of prospects which includes the Falklands

Noble Energy which expects go be extracting oil from the Falkland Islands before 2020, said on Thursday it plans to explore for crude oil in areas of Nevada that have seen little drilling, as the US exploration and production company starts to assess its longer-term prospects.
Thursday, October 11th 2012 - 23:41 UTC
UK reaffirms sovereignty over Gibraltar and its territorial waters

The British Government responded to Spain’s intervention at the UN Fourth Decolonization Committee with a firm statement about its commitment to the people of Gibraltar and their British sovereignty.
Thursday, October 11th 2012 - 23:28 UTC
IMF asks for “a bit more time” for Greece and Spain but Germany says it will affect confidence

The IMF on Thursday backed giving debt-burdened Greece and Spain more time to reduce their budget deficits, cautioning that cutting too far, too fast would do more harm than good.
Thursday, October 11th 2012 - 23:20 UTC
Ghana court denies release of ARA Libertad detained on a complaint from US hedge fund

A Ghana court judge rejected on Thursday the plea put forward by Argentina to release the ARA Libertad training ship, which has been detained in a port close to Accra with its crew since October 2nd due to a complaint by a US hedge fund.
Thursday, October 11th 2012 - 07:56 UTC
British team to drill sub-glacial Antarctic lake and define limits of life in the planet

After 16 years of planning the countdown is on for one of the most ambitious scientific missions to Antarctica. In October a 12-man team of British scientists, engineers and support staff will make the 16.000 km journey from the UK to go deep into the heart of the frozen continent to collect samples of water and sediments from an ancient lake buried beneath three kilometers of ice.
Thursday, October 11th 2012 - 05:58 UTC
The Americas Defence ministers’ conference divided on Falklands/Malvinas issue

Argentina’s sovereignty claim over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands continues to generate discrepancies among countries of the Americas, as was exposed in the Declaration of Punta del Este, at the end of the X Conference of Defence Ministers of the Americas which took place in Uruguay.
Thursday, October 11th 2012 - 05:39 UTC
Coast and Border guards conflict finds a culprit and comes to an end

The Argentine Coast and Border Guards conflict came to an end on Wednesday morning following an order for the officers to return to their posts and remain in barracks until new instructions.