Stories for 2012

Monday, May 7th 2012 - 05:43 UTC
Latam-Asia trade expanding at an annual rateo f 20.5%, reaching 442bn in2011

Trade between Asia and Latin America reached 442 billion dollars in 2011 growing at an annual rate of 20.5% in the last twelve years according to a joint report from the Inter American Development Bank and the Asian Development Bank.
Monday, May 7th 2012 - 05:04 UTC
Record season for the Falklands Meat company with over 540 tons processed

Despite logistical issues in the early part of the season the Falkland Islands Meat Company, (FIMCo) completed a record breaking high season on April 27, with 47,200 sheep and lambs processed and over 540 tons of meat and offal produced, earning farmers more than £1million for their animals.
Monday, May 7th 2012 - 04:59 UTC
Soybeans becomes Uruguay’s main export item, estimated at 1.1bn in 2012

Soybeans are set to establish several records this year in Uruguay: exports will be above one billion dollars; for the first time the oilseed will be the leading export item of the country displacing beef and prospects for the next season are that over a million hectares will be planted.
Monday, May 7th 2012 - 04:52 UTC
Greek seism rejects ‘bail-out’ parties and sends shockwaves to the EU

Greece's two governing parties, which back tough austerity measures, have lost their parliamentary majority in Sunday's election. With almost all votes counted, centre-right New Democracy is leading with 19%, down from 33.5% in 2009.
Monday, May 7th 2012 - 04:33 UTC
Hollande first scheduled meeting with Merkel in Berlin to address austerity and growth

A victorious Francois Hollande faces a short honeymoon after his election as France's first Socialist president in 17 years, with financial markets eager for clear signals on his policies and how hard he plans to push back against German-led austerity.
Monday, May 7th 2012 - 04:24 UTC
Obama launches re-election bid; attacks Romney for promising “to cut taxes for the rich”

President Barack Obama plunged into his campaign for a new term and tore into rival Mitt Romney on Saturday for being willing and eager to “rubber stamp” a conservative Republican congressional agenda to cut taxes for the rich while slashing spending on programs that benefit an embattled middle class.
Monday, May 7th 2012 - 04:11 UTC
Timerman tells Hammond world is safer with creativity than “bombing civilians”

Argentine Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman replied to recent demands of an apology made by UK Defence Minister Phillip Hammond over a controversial Olympic advert shot in the Falkland Islands, and urged London to “honour the deaths of those who died in the 1982 conflict by constructing peace.”
Monday, May 7th 2012 - 04:02 UTC
Y&R says the controversial (Malvinas/Olympics) advert “belongs to the client”

The creative managing director of Young & Rubicam Buenos Aires said that is spite of the request from the central office in New York it can’t force the Argentine government to withdraw the controversial advert linking the Falklands/Malvinas claim with the coming Olympic Games in London.
Monday, May 7th 2012 - 03:31 UTC
Controversial Malvinas/Olympics advert was aired Sunday during soccer matches

Argentine state-run television aired the controversial advert on Sunday linking the London Olympics to a dispute with Britain over the Falkland Islands, opening itself to further criticism from the International Olympic Committee.
Sunday, May 6th 2012 - 05:56 UTC
Malvinas-Olympic advert “not provocative” argues Argentine ambassador

Ambassador to London, Alicia Castro, assured that the Malvinas-Olympic Games advert bought by the Argentine Government ‘is not a provocation’ and did not mean to offend the memory of First World War British combatants.