MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for July 20th 2013
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Saturday, July 20th 2013 - 05:31 UTC
Brazil Catholic church losing ground to Protestants and Pentecostals
Brazil's Catholic population has declined since 2000 while its Protestant population has grown during the past two decades, a Pew survey fund.
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Saturday, July 20th 2013 - 05:27 UTC
Bolivia’s Morales apologizes to for 2011 incident when a Brazilian Defence ministry aircraft was searched
Bolivia's President Evo Morales apologized to Brazil Friday for a 2011 incident in which authorities searched a Brazilian military aircraft for drugs. Brazil lodged an official complaint several days ago as Morales was demanding apologies from European countries for blocking his flight home from Moscow earlier this month.
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Saturday, July 20th 2013 - 05:22 UTC
All four EU countries involved in the Morales plane incident have officially apologized
Italy and Portugal have officially apologized for involvement in illegally re-routing the plane carrying Bolivian President Evo Morales earlier this month during a flight home from Moscow. On 3 July a number Western European countries closed their airspace to the presidential aircraft on a false suspicion that leaker of US electronic spying Edward Snowden was onboard, forcing the plane to land in Vienna.
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Saturday, July 20th 2013 - 05:07 UTC
Lessons from India Jindal’s Bolivian investment failure
Jindal’s integrated mining and steel project in Bolivia was the largest contract secured by an Indian company in Latin America. The project, which ultimately became a victim of the country's domestic politics, has lessons for Indian companies venturing into Latin America.
