Stories for November 2012

Tuesday, November 13th 2012 - 03:58 UTC
Spanish banks suspend evictions for next two years for the most vulnerable

Spanish banks are suspending evictions for the next two years for the most vulnerable people. An estimated 350,000 families have been evicted from their homes since Spain's property market crashed in 2008.
Tuesday, November 13th 2012 - 03:52 UTC
Ecuador’s President Correa runs for a third consecutive term next February

Ecuador President Rafael Correa officially announced this weekend that he would run for a third term in February elections -- a contest in which he is expected to be the runaway favourite.
Tuesday, November 13th 2012 - 03:40 UTC
Brazil and Argentina sign ‘combined military operations’ agreement

Brazil announced on Monday its first agreement on combined operations with Argentina which will allow the two countries forces to act jointly in catastrophe situations and peace missions.
Tuesday, November 13th 2012 - 03:35 UTC
Despite Unasur, Colombia and Chile ambassadors are back in Paraguay

Colombia and Chile ambassadors returned to Paraguay on Sunday after six months absence, the first two members from Unasur in doing so and in practical terms breaking the isolation imposed on the landlocked country following the political crisis which removed Fernando Lugo and had him replaced by current president Federico Franco.
Tuesday, November 13th 2012 - 00:56 UTC
US to overtake Saudis and Russia as world’s top oil producers by 2’17, says IEA

The United States is forecasted to overtake Saudi Arabia and Russia as the world's top oil producer by 2017, the West's energy agency said on Monday. The International Energy Agency (IEA) said it saw a continued fall in US oil imports with North America becoming a net oil exporter by around 2030 and the United States becoming almost self-sufficient in energy by 2035.
Tuesday, November 13th 2012 - 00:07 UTC
Argentine deadline to Ghana for release of ARA Libertad

Argentina warned on Monday that if by Tuesday Ghana does not release the retained Navy frigate ARA Libertad it will file a claim before the UN Law of the Sea International Tribunal in Germany.
Tuesday, November 13th 2012 - 00:05 UTC
Lula da Silva former chief of staff sentenced to 10 years in prison for corruption

The chief of staff to former President Lula da Silva, and fellow founder of Brazil's ruling Workers' Party, was sentenced to over 10 years in prison for running a congressional vote buying scheme almost a decade ago.
Monday, November 12th 2012 - 21:57 UTC
Ban Ki-moon and colonialism: people should be able to decide their own future

Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said UK is not violating relevant UN resolutions referred to the Falklands’ and more specifically on colonialism, he argued that a prevailing impression is that “people living under certain conditions should have a certain level of capacities so that they can decide their own future”, be it independence or some kind of government in their territories.
Monday, November 12th 2012 - 19:00 UTC
HMS Protector heading for Antarctica after surveying Tristan da Cunha waters

The Royal Navy ice patrol ship HMS Protector on her route to the Falklands and Antarctica, has visited the remote South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha to conduct the first systematic survey of the British Overseas Territory since the 1970s.
Monday, November 12th 2012 - 17:25 UTC
Obituary Sir Rex Hunt CMG

Sir Rex Hunt, who was Governor of the Falkland Islands during the 1982 Argentine invasion precipitating the Falklands War, has died aged 86, in Stockton-On-Tees, where he had lived in retirement.