Stories for 2012

Wednesday, October 10th 2012 - 09:25 UTC
Spanish parliament blocks Catalonia referendum on independence

Spain's parliament voted to block the northern region of Catalonia from holding a referendum on independence, the latest step in a growing political battle between Barcelona and Madrid in the midst of a deepening economic downturn.
Wednesday, October 10th 2012 - 09:07 UTC
IMF estimates Argentina 2012 growth below government target but above private forecasts

Argentina will grow 2.6% in 2012 according to the IMF latest World Economic Outlook, which is below the 3.4% estimated by President Cristina Fernandez administration for this year’s budget.
Wednesday, October 10th 2012 - 08:57 UTC
Brazil ratifies full support to President Santos and the Colombian peace process

Brazil extended full support ‘in whatever is necessary’ to Colombia’s peace process which is scheduled to begin next 17 October in Norway and will continue in Cuba, announced the Executive Planalto Palace.
Wednesday, October 10th 2012 - 08:49 UTC
‘Hour of reckoning’ speech for Cameron’s future at Tory conference

Britain must cut its budget deficit and fix its economy or face long-term decline, Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron will say on Wednesday, seeking to convince voters that his austerity plan is the only way forward.
Wednesday, October 10th 2012 - 08:40 UTC
US outbreak of fungal meningitis triggers debate on pharmaceutical compounding

A rare US outbreak of fungal meningitis linked to steroid injections has claimed four more lives with Florida the latest state to report at least one death linked to the illness in a widening health scare, authorities said on Tuesday.
Wednesday, October 10th 2012 - 08:30 UTC
Ecuador’s Correa preparing the ground for his re-election bid in 2013

Ecuador's President Rafael Correa said his family would support him if he were to run for re-election in 2013 and that his candidacy now rested on the “high chances” that he would be nominated as the ruling party's candidate.
Wednesday, October 10th 2012 - 08:23 UTC
Brazil high court convicts top aides of Lula da Silva for ‘Mensalao’ corruption scandal

Brazil's Supreme Court convicted three top aides of former president Lula da Silva of graft related to a vote-buying scheme in Congress. Lula's ex-chief of staff Jose Dirceu was found guilty by six of the 10 judges in connection with the scheme that ran from 2002 to 2005 during the popular president's first term, a court spokesman said.
Wednesday, October 10th 2012 - 08:13 UTC
Foreign exchange clamp forces Argentine province to pay dollar bonds in pesos

The foreign exchange clamp in Argentina is reaching the provinces, one of which at least was unable to honor maturing bonds in dollars and made the payment in Argentine Pesos.
Wednesday, October 10th 2012 - 08:05 UTC
Argentine security forces reject government offer and continue conflict

Argentina Coast and Border Guards voted on Tuesday to continue with the eight day conflict after they considered ‘insufficient’ the government’s reply to their demands of higher salary and improved working conditions.
Wednesday, October 10th 2012 - 01:20 UTC
French and US scientist share Nobel in Physics for pioneering work in quantum optics

Two scientists one French and an American won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for their pioneering work in quantum optics, a field that manipulates light and matter to measure very precise properties of single particles.