MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for April 8th 2013
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Monday, April 8th 2013 - 01:43 UTC
OAS anti-corruption commission begins on-site visit to Uruguay
An OAS anti-corruption commission begins Monday a three day on-site visit to Uruguay as part of a review process of the Mechanism for follow-up on implementation of the Inter-American convention against corruption, MESICIC.
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Monday, April 8th 2013 - 01:02 UTC
The Falkland Islands brace for oil wealth; the Norwegian experience
By Brian Swint (Bloomberg - Businessweek) - On March 10 and 11, Falkland Islanders voted in a referendum on whether to remain under British rule. Of its 2,563 citizens, only three voted no. The victory set off howls of indignation in nearby Argentina, which fought a brief, disastrous war with Britain over the South Atlantic islands in 1982.
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Monday, April 8th 2013 - 00:49 UTC
Bachelet pledges to make Chilean education free and accessible at all levels
Former Chilean president and pre-candidate for this year’s election, Michelle Bachelet announced during her first campaign rally that if elected her first bill will be addressed to put an end to ‘education for profit’ and make schooling at all levels free and accessible to all.
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Monday, April 8th 2013 - 00:45 UTC
Falklands’ delegation meets in Panama with keen interest in referendum results
Panama City. (Special for MercoPress). As part of an on-going tour of Central America, Falkland Islands lawmaker Dr Barry Elsby and young Islander Krysteen Ormond spent four days in Panama building links and sharing the results of the Islands’ historic March 10/1 referendum.
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Monday, April 8th 2013 - 00:40 UTC
What do the Falkland Islands continue to tell us about territorial world views?
By Klaus Dodds (*) - The last couple of weeks have been busy ones when it comes to news about the Falkland Islands. Or Islas Malvinas as Argentine and other readers might insist upon. For others, the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) is the preferred naming option — highlighting as it does their continued contested status.
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Monday, April 8th 2013 - 00:22 UTC
Brazil new defence purchases policy based on ‘geopolitical interests and technology transfer’
Brazil’s defence purchases mainly arms will be ruled by strategic priorities such as geopolitical interests and technology transfers and not only price, according to a decree published in the Official Gazette from the Union.
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Monday, April 8th 2013 - 00:04 UTC
Brazil exporters anticipate May/June port chaos with soy, sugar and corn crops coincide
The logistics chaos in the Brazilian port of Santos (one of the busiest of the country) in mid March with the first shipments of a record soy crop will become even worse in May and June, according to the Jose Augusto de Castro, president of the Brazilian Association of Foreign Trade, AEB.
