Stories for 2012

Tuesday, September 11th 2012 - 03:57 UTC
Brazilian population increases “one Uruguay” in two years, and totals 194 million

The Brazilian population amounts to 193,946,886 people, according to estimates from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), based on the 2010 Census, as released in Brasilia last week.
Monday, September 10th 2012 - 05:33 UTC
Mexican president says some Latam countries are losing the democracy battle

Democracy is in retreat in some Latinamerican countries warned the Mexican president Felipe Calderon in the Russian city of Vladivostok where he attended the APEC summit forum, (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation).
Monday, September 10th 2012 - 05:29 UTC
In spite of God and Cristina, several Argentine governors teaming up as an option

Cordoba’s governor picked up the glove and replied to Argentine President Cristina Fernandez statements on God and fear arguing that God cannot be feared; I learned not to fear God or any other kind of governing body, however powerful they are”.
Monday, September 10th 2012 - 05:26 UTC
Argentine budget numbers ever so red in the seven months of 2012

The Argentine financial deficit soared to 13.5 billion Pesos in the first seven months of the year and could have reached 25.9bn Pesos had it not been for extraordinary resources from Social Security funds and the Central bank, according to the numbers published in the last release from the Central Bank.
Monday, September 10th 2012 - 01:39 UTC
Rio police begins to use drones to control drugs and crime in the city’s shanty towns

A battalion of Special Forces (BOPE) from the Brazilian city of Rio do Janeiro started using unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones to air monitor the drugs trade and gangs in shanty towns surrounding the “marvellous city”.
Monday, September 10th 2012 - 01:35 UTC
Soros calls on Germany “to lead or leave the Euro”; suggests Euro zone target of 5% growth

International financier George Soros has called for Germany to “lead or leave the euro” days before a crucial ruling on the Euro zone's bailout fund by Germany's constitutional court. Mr Soros argued that the euro zone should target 5% economic growth.
Monday, September 10th 2012 - 01:30 UTC
Mexican political turmoil: opposition leader Lopez Obrador decides to create his party

Mexican opposition leader Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who twice contested second-place losses in presidential elections, said he would leave his coalition, a move that threatens to create a rift among leftists in Congress.
Monday, September 10th 2012 - 01:25 UTC
Foreign Office flies Gibraltar flag on Rock’s Day; last June 14 it was the Falklands’ flag

The Foreign Office will fly the Gibraltar flag on Monday, National Day in its building along Whitehall. Foreign Office ministers David Lidington and Mark Simmonds, respectively the ministers for Europe and the Overseas Territories, have said they welcome the raising of the Gibraltar Flag over the FCO in Whitehall to mark Gibraltar Day.
Monday, September 10th 2012 - 00:47 UTC
Falklands’ oil offers an exit strategy from the dispute

By Graham Bound - The discovery of a large field of natural gas beneath the seabed south of the Falklands received appropriate coverage in the UK press. Rockhopper Exploration’s agreement with Premier Oil, which is likely to involve an investment by the latter of up to £750m, has also been noticed.
Saturday, September 8th 2012 - 07:06 UTC
Brazilians take to the streets on Independence Day to protest against corruption

Thousands took to the streets of the Brazilian capital to march against corruption on the country’s Independence Day, along the same avenue where the main military parade took place on Friday.