Stories for 2012

Tuesday, May 22nd 2012 - 03:07 UTC
German oil company ignores YPF seizure and keeps expanding activities in Argentina

Germany's Wintershall, the oil and gas arm of chemicals group BASF, said on Monday it was unperturbed by the enforced nationalisation of Argentine oil company YPF, having just been awarded another oil and gas licence there.
Monday, May 21st 2012 - 06:39 UTC
Taiwan demands from Latam allies “fair, legal and effective” cooperation relation

Taiwan will continue to cooperate with Latin America as long as the relation is fair, legal and effective, said re-elected president Ma Ying Jeou who also described that links with Beijing will continue to be: “no unification, no independence and no arms”.
Monday, May 21st 2012 - 06:36 UTC
Chavez admits he is currently working 8 hours a day or less and resting to recover

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez broke his weeklong silence to say that “unfortunately” he will not continue being that “runaway” horse that never slept, and said he now works only eight hours a day and sometimes less.
Monday, May 21st 2012 - 06:33 UTC
Guerrillas’ outbreak eroding Peruvian president’s approval rating

Peruvian President Ollanta Humala's approval rating fell to 5% in May due to public outrage over deadly clashes between security forces and Shining Path rebels, an Ipsos Apoyo poll showed on Sunday.
Monday, May 21st 2012 - 06:28 UTC
Peruvian Air Force upgrading its 12 Mirage 2000 and 18 MIG-29

The Peruvian Air Force revealed the upgrading of its Mirage 2000 and MIG-29 combat aircraft demanding an investment of 266 million dollars, reported the Sunday edition of Diario Correo.
Monday, May 21st 2012 - 06:26 UTC
Nato discusses how to leave Afghanistan without causing the collapse of Kabul

US President Barack Obama has warned of “hard days ahead” at a Nato summit in Chicago dominated by the issue of withdrawal from Afghanistan. France's new President Francois Hollande has again said he will pull French troops out by the end of 2012, nearly two years ahead of schedule.
Monday, May 21st 2012 - 03:56 UTC
Brazilian economy slows down in March for third consecutive month

Brazilian government's economic activity index dropped for the third consecutive month in March, confirming a slowdown in the economy in the period.
Monday, May 21st 2012 - 03:48 UTC
Biggleswade farm exports pedigree pigs by air to the Falkland Islands

Guy Kiddy who runs Solitaire Farm in Drove Road, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire has been exporting pigs across the world for years, but never expected he had to prepare to send two to the Falkland Islands for breeding.
Monday, May 21st 2012 - 03:34 UTC
Investors will opt for Uruguay and its legal system, says Spanish ambassador

The seizure of YPF by Argentina can be expected to have a positive repercussion for Uruguay since the country has an enviable legal system and keeps to the rules of the game, said the new Spanish ambassador in Montevideo, Roberto Varela.
Monday, May 21st 2012 - 02:17 UTC
Google Earth will tell the world that Patagonia is coming out of the ashes

Ash-victims in Argentina from the Chilean Puyehue volcano eruption are mounting a huge sign to the picked up by the Earth Google satellite inviting world tourists to return to Patagonia. The project should be finished in coming weeks and is promoted by the NGO Solidarity Network Argentina.