Stories for 2012

Tuesday, June 26th 2012 - 04:36 UTC
Bolivian police sixth day of mutiny: clashes between Morales supporters and strikers

Rebel police clashed with pro-government supporters Monday outside Bolivia's presidential palace in the capital La Paz on the sixth day of a mutiny demanding better pay.
Tuesday, June 26th 2012 - 04:30 UTC
Moody’s confirms Spanish banks on the cliff burdened by souring real-estate loans

Spain largest lenders, Santander SA and Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA were downgraded by Moody’s rating agency because of the country’s sovereign debt and souring real-estate loans.
Tuesday, June 26th 2012 - 04:13 UTC
Mexican presidential front-runner ten points ahead for next Sunday’s election

Mexican presidential front-runner Enrique Peña Nieto filled most of Latin America’s largest soccer stadium on Sunday for his last rally in the capital before the July 1 election, pledging to root out drug violence.
Tuesday, June 26th 2012 - 03:54 UTC
Arizona immigration law pruned but police can check status of “suspected illegals”

The U.S. Supreme Court scaled back Arizona’s first-of-its-kind crackdown on illegal immigrants, striking down three provisions in a decision that asserts the federal government’s exclusive role to set immigration policy.
Tuesday, June 26th 2012 - 03:49 UTC
Major change in Petrobras exploration policy looking to diversity from two main basins

Brazil’s Petrobras which has become the world’s biggest deepwater oil producer is looking past its largest discoveries to avoid a fate similar to Mexico, where output has plummeted 25% since 2004.
Tuesday, June 26th 2012 - 01:36 UTC
Uruguay will not support any kind of economic sanctions on Paraguay

Uruguayan president Jose Mujica rejected on Monday the possibility of applying economic sanctions on Paraguay following on the “parliamentary coup” as was announced by Venezuela which decided to cut the supply of subsidized oil.
Tuesday, June 26th 2012 - 01:33 UTC
Mercosur and Unasur leaders to hold a joint discussion next Friday in Mendoza

Chilean president Sebastián Piñera revealed that next Friday during the regular Mercosur summit, the leaders of Unasur member states are scheduled to hold an extraordinary meeting to jointly address the political crisis in Paraguay triggered by the removal of President Fernando Lugo.
Tuesday, June 26th 2012 - 01:02 UTC
Lonesome George, last giant tortoise of its subspecies dies in Galapagos

Staff at the Galapagos National Park in Ecuador announced Lonesome George, a giant tortoise believed to be the last of its subspecies, has died. Scientists estimate he was about 100 years old.
Tuesday, June 26th 2012 - 00:40 UTC
Paraguayan Electoral tribunal confirms Franco president and the electoral calendar

The Paraguayan Supreme Electoral tribunal said on Monday that President Federico Franco “must complete” the current mandate that concludes August 2013 and discarded any possibility of advancing the national elections scheduled for April the same year.
Monday, June 25th 2012 - 23:55 UTC
Global economy remains unbalanced after five years of financial strain, warns BIS

Those hoping for quick fixes to the strains in the global economy will continue to be disappointed, writes the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in its 82nd Annual Report, released on Sunday.