Stories for February 25th 2013

Monday, February 25th 2013 - 22:16 UTC
South Korea has first female president: pledges ‘trust-politik’ with Pyongyang

Park Geun-hye made history Monday by becoming South Korea's first female president, pledging to secure South Korea against the threat of an increasingly hostile North Korea at the same time as mending bridges with Pyongyang.
Monday, February 25th 2013 - 22:06 UTC
Pod of pilot whales beached in south Chile; 20 dead and 26 saved

At least twenty pilot whales stranded in the south of Chile died while another twenty six from the pod were rescued by local fishermen, Coast Guard personnel and the high tide, reports La Prensa Austral from Punta Arenas.
Monday, February 25th 2013 - 21:31 UTC
Promising gas discovery in southern Chile Magallanes Region

GeoPark Holdings has revealed the discovery of the new Palos Quemados gas field on the Tranquilo block in Chile in the southern region of Magallanes. The Palos Quemados field is the first gas discovery in the Tranquilo Block by GeoPark and the first hydrocarbon discovery in the Magallanes Fold and Thrust Belt in more than 40 years.
Monday, February 25th 2013 - 20:34 UTC
FIFA approves third goal-line technology licence, eligible for 2014 World Cup

Germany’s CAIROS technologies AG, the parent company of IMPIRE AG, became on Monday the third FIFA licensed Goal-line Technology (GLT) provider, after meeting all the test requirements and making it eligible to be considered for use at the 2014 World Cup, FIFA.
Monday, February 25th 2013 - 20:21 UTC
Kerry refuses to comment on Falklands’ referendum; US position remains unchanged

Starting in London his first trip overseas as the new US Secretary of State, John Kerry kept strictly to US policy on the Falkland Islands and refused to comment on the coming referendum when Islanders are expected to decide on their political status and future.
Monday, February 25th 2013 - 11:21 UTC
Brazil and Nigeria sign accord to boost trade, investment and energy cooperation

Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff met with Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja on Saturday to discuss boosting trade and investment between the two countries, particularly in the energy sector and cooperation in several other fields. The brief visit was sufficient for the two presidents to sign an ambitious memorandum of understanding.
Monday, February 25th 2013 - 06:57 UTC
Brazilian 2014 presidential campaign takes off with Rousseff bidding re-election

Brazil's 2014 election season got off last week with the unofficial launch of President Dilma Rousseff's re-election campaign by her mentor and predecessor Lula da Silva during the celebration of the ruling Workers Party tenth year in power.
Monday, February 25th 2013 - 06:50 UTC
Demonstration against Uruguay Supreme Court to protest human rights rulings

Human rights groups with the support from political organizations, labour unions and students are planning a march and demonstration against Uruguay’s Supreme Court to protest a ruling that in effect re-instates an amnesty law which benefits military and police officers allegedly involved in human rights crimes during the 1973/84 dictatorship.
Monday, February 25th 2013 - 06:43 UTC
For second time in a decade India/Latam trade in 2012 was down

India's trade with Latin America has gone down in 2012 in comparison to 2011. This is the second time the trade went down in the last decade when it was steadily growing. The earlier decline was in 2009 at the height of global crisis. Trade with the top seven countries of the region declined 15% from 25.274bn dollars in 2011 to 21.302bn in 2012.
Monday, February 25th 2013 - 06:36 UTC
Argentina celebrates Africa’s 54 countries support for Malvinas sovereignty

Africa’s fifty four countries joined South America “in recognizing the legitimate sovereignty rights of Argentina over the Malvinas, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands and the adjoining maritime spaces”, announced the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a communiqué in reference to the so called Declaration of Malabo, capital of Equatorial Guinea.