Stories for 2012

Thursday, June 21st 2012 - 05:44 UTC
Argentines inflation expectations remain above 30% for the fourth month running

Argentines' expectations for future inflation held steady in June, marking the fourth consecutive month in which people have expected annual inflation to total 30%.
Thursday, June 21st 2012 - 05:40 UTC
Colombia determined to ensure a floor oil production of 1 million bpd

Colombia which has become South America’s third- largest crude supplier, is speeding environmental permits for oil companies as delays threaten to derail an output target of 1 million barrels a day this year, the nation’s regulator said.
Thursday, June 21st 2012 - 05:34 UTC
Brazil’s central bank forecasts strong rebound in last quarter and early 2013

Brazil’s economy will be expanding in the beginning of next year at the fastest pace since the last quarter of 2010, said central bank President Alexandre Tombini.
Thursday, June 21st 2012 - 05:24 UTC
Father of former president Bachelet was tortured to death by Pinochet dictatorship

The father of former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet probably died as a result of torture after the 1973 military coup, a judge said in Santiago on Wednesday.
Thursday, June 21st 2012 - 05:07 UTC
UK largest corporations will have to report greenhouse-gas emissions in profit reports

UK Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg announced that starting next April, all companies that list on the London Stock Exchange will be required to publish their greenhouse gas emissions in corporate earnings reports.
Wednesday, June 20th 2012 - 21:09 UTC
Argentina’s Diplomatic Circus

by Jimmy Burns (*) Cristina Fernandez Kirchner told her countrymen back in February that they should not feel collectively responsible for the national debacle that surrounded the military invasion of the Falklands in 1982. She blamed the military and the Argentine media. Those of us who lived through that war in Argentina know this to be a falsehood.
Wednesday, June 20th 2012 - 20:38 UTC
Member states agree on the UN Rio+20 conference outcome document

Members States announced on Wednesday that they have reached an agreement on the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20).
Wednesday, June 20th 2012 - 20:30 UTC
Federal Reserve extends monetary stimulus for another six months

The Federal Reserve extended on Wednesday its monetary stimulus to the US economic recovery renewing effort to depress borrowing costs by selling short-term bonds to buy longer-dated ones.
Wednesday, June 20th 2012 - 10:54 UTC
Falkland Islanders fight for their sovereignty

(By COHA*) - Taking advantage of the 30th anniversary of the Falkland Islands War (April 2/June 14), Argentine President Cristina Fernández and her administration have become increasingly confrontational toward the United Kingdom regarding the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands.
Wednesday, June 20th 2012 - 10:32 UTC
Once the pride of the RAF and RN, the Harriers sit at the US “Boneyard”

Once the pride of Britain’s RAF and Royal Navy, the now stripped-down Harrier vertical take-off jump jets sit like skeletons in the famous US aircraft ‘Boneyard’ in the Arizona desert.