Stories for 2012

Thursday, October 4th 2012 - 07:28 UTC
Massive protests from Argentine Coast and Border Guards demanding higher salaries

The administration of president Cristina Fernandez was facing on Wednesday the major challenge of her second mandate as thousands of troops and petty officers from the border patrol and coast guard, plus some naval and police sectors went on strike over wage cuts and working conditions.
Thursday, October 4th 2012 - 07:24 UTC
Lula da Silva’s former chief of staff ‘master mind’ of Brazil’s biggest corruption scandal

Former president Lula da Silva's chief of staff masterminded a vote-buying scheme by the ruling Workers Party in Brazil's Congress, a Supreme Court justice said Wednesday, in the biggest corruption scandal in the country in 20 years.
Thursday, October 4th 2012 - 07:18 UTC
Fearing a collapse of their economy, Cubans overwhelmingly would vote for Chavez

Many Cubans are anxious about the results of Venezuela’ presidential election next Sunday and are praying for an Hugo Chavez victory since they are fearful of another collapse of the island’s economy if the winner is opposition candidate Henrique Capriles.
Thursday, October 4th 2012 - 07:11 UTC
Gibraltar hosts Labour party conference; Falklands’ MLAs also attended

Chief Minister Fabian Picardo hosted the annual Gibraltar Government reception at the Labour Party Conference in Manchester on Sunday which was also attended by Falkland Islands Members of the Legislative Assembly, Jan Cheek and Ian Hansen.
Thursday, October 4th 2012 - 06:48 UTC
Falklands’ referendum will be done under scrutiny of “international observers”

The referendum to decide the political future of the Falkland Islands will be done under the scrutiny of a “whole series of international observers” come early 2013, Legislative Assembly member Dr Barry Elsby has said.
Thursday, October 4th 2012 - 06:45 UTC
Economic crisis still has six years before returning to decent shape”, says IMF

It will take at least ten years for the world economy to recover from the economic crisis that started in 2007 and to get back to the normal shape, International Monetary Fund Chief Economist Olivier Blanchard said in an interview published on Wednesday.
Wednesday, October 3rd 2012 - 23:07 UTC
Australian Great Barrier Reef lost more than half its coral cover in last 27 years

The Australian Great Barrier Reef has lost more than half its coral cover in the past 27 years, a new study shows. Researchers analysed data on the condition of 217 individual reefs that make up the World Heritage Site.
Wednesday, October 3rd 2012 - 21:31 UTC
Argentine navy frigate ‘Libertad’ retained in Ghana by group of defaulted bond holders

Argentina claimed on Wednesday that the navy school training frigate “Libertad” has been retained in Ghana and blamed “unscrupulous financers” belonging to “vulture funds” who are demanding the payment of sovereign bonds, said the office of Minister Hector Timerman in an official communiqué.
Wednesday, October 3rd 2012 - 21:07 UTC
Shackleton Fund with new website; makes important Falklands’ announcements

The Shackleton Scholarship Fund which is closely linked to the South Atlantic and the Falkland Islands has announced the launch of their new website: www.shackletonfund.com.
Wednesday, October 3rd 2012 - 04:50 UTC
Cosmo with no plans in Uruguay; Pluna Bombardiers will be chartered in East Europe

Spanish airline Cosmo which purchased in an auction in Montevideo seven aircraft from Uruguay’s liquidated flag-carrier Pluna said they will be used “to expand the charter flight business in Central and Eastern Europe”, according to an official company communiqué released by the Spanish government news agency EFE.