Stories for May 2013

Monday, May 6th 2013 - 00:34 UTC
Uruguayans on average have to work 128 days a year to pay their taxes

Uruguayans on average work 128 days, over a third of the year to pay taxes, according to a report from a local lobby group based on the “Tax-free day” which supposedly marks the end of the time dedicated to contribute to the treasury.
Monday, May 6th 2013 - 00:28 UTC
Maduro visits Uruguay on his first overseas trip since becoming elected president

Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro begins next Tuesday an official one visit to Uruguay when he will be meeting with head of state Jose Mujica and former president Tabare Vazquez.On Wednesday he plans to fly to Argentina and the following day, Brazil.
Saturday, May 4th 2013 - 10:08 UTC
Brazil furious with Cristina Fernandez non-kept promises freezes relation

Brazil has virtually frozen political and economic relations with Argentina following serious discrepancies that were confirmed during the recent summit of presidents Cristina Fernandez with Dilma Rousseff who cut short the originally scheduled two-day visit to Buenos Aires.
Saturday, May 4th 2013 - 10:03 UTC
Uruguay admits trade and economic relations with Argentina ‘couldn’t be worse’

Vice-president Danilo Astori admitted on Friday that economic-trade relations with Argentina continue to deteriorate and seriously question Mercosur and Uruguay must therefore speed the search for other alternatives.
Saturday, May 4th 2013 - 09:54 UTC
Malvinas’ radicals protest and pledge to end Lan Chile air link with the Falklands

The Argentine radical group ‘Resistencia Malvinas’ protested on Thursday midday before the Lan Chile offices in downtown Buenos Aires to demand the end of the weekly air link between Punta Arenas and the Falkland Islands. The group led by Toni Lopez and with drums banging displayed banners, distributed pamphlets and burnt Union Jacks.
Saturday, May 4th 2013 - 09:32 UTC
Falkland Islands’ census shows there are more new homes than new people

The release of further data from the 2012 Census shows that the Falkland Islands continues to work its magic on immigrants who may have arrived with short term plans but have settled for ten or more years and that the ratio of women to men in the Islands has increased considerably over the last four decades.
Saturday, May 4th 2013 - 09:19 UTC
New Wyoming lithium deposit could meet all US demand

By John C.K. Daly - The US currently imports more than 80% of the lithium it uses, with the silvery metal winding up in batteries from cell phones to electric cars.
Saturday, May 4th 2013 - 09:12 UTC
Van Rompuy joins chorus of Euro zone policy makers promoting pro-growth measures

European Union governments and institutions must take “immediate action” to promote growth and jobs creation as countries are tired of austerity, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy said this week.
Saturday, May 4th 2013 - 09:03 UTC
UK minister warns waters row escalation with Spain could damage Gibraltar’s economy

UK Minister for Europe David Lidington has warned that an escalation of tension with Spain in the waters row could damage Gibraltar’s prosperity and wider UK interests and pointed out that the incursions were not “an armed attack or invasion” and that the response to them must be proportionate.
Saturday, May 4th 2013 - 08:54 UTC
“Pepe” Grillo protest-vote syndrome emerges in UK local elections and rattles three main parties

Italy’s ‘Pepe’ Grillo protest syndrome emerged in British local elections. The anti-European Union UK Independence Party made sweeping gains in these elections, siphoning support from British Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives in a vote that exposed a threat to his re-election chances in 2015.