Stories for 2012

Monday, January 2nd 2012 - 20:39 UTC
Fears of another foot and mouth disease outbreak in Paraguay

Paraguay’ Livestock Sanitary Office has confirmed the isolation of a cattle farm in the north of the country where an apparent outbreak of foot and mouth disease has been reported. The farm is approximately 35 kilometres from the outbreak reported last September.
Monday, January 2nd 2012 - 06:45 UTC
The most spectacular New Year parties in Brazil, says World Travel Guide

Rain on the last night of 2011 but which stopped a few minutes before 24 tons of fireworks were set off didn’t stop 2 million people from attending Rio de Janeiro’s main New Year’s festival, an event that was confirmed to be the largest of its kind in the world.
Monday, January 2nd 2012 - 06:41 UTC
Brazil’s Bovespa index declined 18.1% in 2011 closing at 56.754 points

In spite of a slight gain in the last trading day of 2011 the Brazilian stocks benchmark index experienced an 18.1% decline in the twelve months on concerns that Europe's debt troubles could lead to another global recession.
Monday, January 2nd 2012 - 06:36 UTC
Brazil’s Embraer sells 29 Super Tucano aircraft to the US Air Force

Brazilian plane-maker Embraer will sell its A-29 Super Tucano aircraft to the US Air Force, in a firm-fixed price delivery order contract worth 355 million dollars, the company said in a statement.
Monday, January 2nd 2012 - 06:30 UTC
Brazil planning additional cuts of 32bn dollars in 2012 budget

Brazil's government may cut as much as much 60 billion Reais (32 billion dollars) from spending in 2012 in an effort to control its deficit and inflation, the Estado de Sao Paulo newspaper reported, citing unnamed Finance Ministry officials.
Monday, January 2nd 2012 - 06:25 UTC
Rousseff’s dispute with the Judiciary could cost the Treasury 27bn dollars

Brazil's government faces as much as 74 billion Reais (40 billion dollars) of unbudgeted expenses in 2012 stemming from lawsuits awaiting judgement at the country's Supreme Court, the Correio Brasilense newspaper reported on Sunday.
Monday, January 2nd 2012 - 06:21 UTC
Saudi dairy farm buys 30.000 acres of prime land in Argentina

Saudi Arabia's largest dairy company announced it was buying Argentine farm operator Fondomonte for 83 million dollars to secure access to a supply of animal feed. The acquisition will give Riyadh-based Almarai Co. control of roughly 30,000 acres of farmland just ahead of tough new limits to be imposed by Argentina's government on foreign ownership of productive land.
Monday, January 2nd 2012 - 06:15 UTC
Argentine central bank confirms (unorthodox) growth policies for 2012

Argentina's economy should expand by 4.5% to 7.5% in 2012 according to the Central bank that also warned about the threat of the consequences of the Euro crisis. The bank’s latest approved monetary program states that the policies that have helped Argentina's economy boom over the last nine years will remain largely in place.
Monday, January 2nd 2012 - 06:07 UTC
Peronist youth organize a ‘donate blood’ campaign in solidarity with CFK

As a demonstration of support for Argentine President Cristina Fernandez who will undergo surgery for a thyroid carcinoma, the youth branch of the ruling Argentine Peronist Party has invited the Argentine people to donate blood to local clinics and hospitals.
Monday, January 2nd 2012 - 06:00 UTC
Australia was prepared to take refugees from the Falklands during 1982 conflict

Australia’s Malcolm Fraser Government considered taking British refugees from the Falkland Islands at the height of the South Atlantic conflict in 1982, reports the Sydney press based on the release of National Archives.