MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for January 31st 2013
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Thursday, January 31st 2013 - 07:14 UTC
Except for Uruguay, Mercosur ranks poorly in the World Press Freedom Index
Argentina dropped seven positions and now ranks 54 in the 2013 World Press Freedom Index of 179 countries elaborated by Reporters Without Frontiers. Uruguay is the best ranked in South America, position 27, while other Mercosur full members standing are not very encouraging: Paraguay, 91; Brazil, 108 and Venezuela, 117.
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Thursday, January 31st 2013 - 07:10 UTC
Brazil’s media: highly concentrated and heavily reliant on government advertising
Reporters Without Borders released a report entitled “Brazil, the country of 30 Berlusconis” that examines all of the shortcomings of the country’s media landscape It is based on fact-finding visits to Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Brasilia in November 2012.
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Thursday, January 31st 2013 - 07:07 UTC
Fed admits ‘temporary pause’ in US economy and confirms stimuli package
The Federal Reserve left in place its monthly 85 billion dollars bond-buying stimulus plan, saying US economic growth had stalled but indicating the pullback was likely temporary.
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Thursday, January 31st 2013 - 07:01 UTC
Argentine construction activity was down 3.2% in 2012, according to official stats
Argentina’s construction activity registered a 3.2% drop in 2012 compared to the volume reported the previous year, according to the Indec national statistics bureau. This would be the first time in three years that the industry experienced a broad slowdown.
