Stories for January 2013

Tuesday, January 15th 2013 - 02:54 UTC
Brazil insists with fresh election in Venezuela if Chavez dies, according to Reuters

According to a report from Reuters, Brazil is urging Venezuela's government to hold elections as quickly as possible if President Hugo Chavez dies, which in that case would help a smoother leadership transition in Caracas.
Tuesday, January 15th 2013 - 02:08 UTC
Falklands, one of “The 46 places to go in 2013” recommends The New York Times

A New York Times article entitled “The 46 places to go in 2013”, the Falkland Islands is recommended for a visit before the oil industry, “rapidly transforms Stanley's ethnic, economic and social character, driving development in this tiny, eccentric village of about 2,000 year-round residents”-.
Tuesday, January 15th 2013 - 02:06 UTC
Argentina’s inflation in 2012 climbed to 25.6% according to private agencies

The 2012 twelve-month inflation in Argentina climbed to 25.6%, two times the figures registered by the official data from stats office Indec, according to the index presented by opposition lawmakers based in the analysis of nine private agencies.
Tuesday, January 15th 2013 - 02:03 UTC
Colombia wants to step up peace negotiations but FARC dragging their feet

Representatives of the Colombian government and Marxist-led FARC rebels reconvened in Havana Monday for a third round of peace talks that the administration of President Juan Manuel Santos says need to start moving faster.
Monday, January 14th 2013 - 06:58 UTC
Chavez health ‘improving’; top Venezuelan officials meet in Havana with Raul Castro

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's lung infection has been controlled and his medical state is improving, the government announced on Sunday while four of the most powerful figures gathered in Havana allegedly to report to the cancer-stricken leader and meet with Cuban allies.
Monday, January 14th 2013 - 06:49 UTC
UK contingency plans to ensure no outside disruptions of Falklands’ March referendum

The United Kingdom defence chiefs have drawn up new contingency plans designed to prevent hostile action by Argentina towards the Falkland Islands, ahead, during or after the March referendum, according to reports presented by English newspaper The Telegraph.
Monday, January 14th 2013 - 06:38 UTC
Major victory for President Morales: UN accepts “coca leaf chewing” in Bolivia

Bolivia will again belong to the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs after its bid to rejoin with a reservation that it does not accept the treaty’s requirement that “coca leaf chewing must be banned” was successful Friday. Opponents needed one-third of the 184 signatory countries to object, but fell far, far short despite objections by the US and the International Narcotics Control Board.
Monday, January 14th 2013 - 06:29 UTC
Growing number of US states pushing to concentrate fiscal revenue on sales tax

Attempts to overhaul the US federal tax system are fading in a divided congress in Washington, but in some state capitals, tax reform experiments - some far-reaching - are fast taking shape. Across the South and Midwest, Republicans have consolidated control of state legislatures and governorships, giving them the power to test long-debated tax ideas.
Monday, January 14th 2013 - 06:24 UTC
Flu outbreak forces New York State to declare a public health emergency

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo declared a public health emergency Sunday, giving pharmacists permission to administer flu vaccinations to more people as officials seek to stem the worst flu outbreak in that state in several years.
Monday, January 14th 2013 - 06:20 UTC
Twenty million US children, one in four, received food stamps in 2011

One in four children in the United States participated in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or food stamps, in fiscal year 2011, according to data from the United States Department of Agriculture and US Census Bureau.