Stories for July 2013

Tuesday, July 23rd 2013 - 07:33 UTC
China interested in developing agriculture in Venezuela’s 30 million hectares of land

Venezuelan Vice-president Jorge Arreaza said that cooperation between China and Venezuela, which has been especially strong and beneficial in energy and technology, could be extended to include agriculture and land exploitation, an area of special interest for Beijing.
Tuesday, July 23rd 2013 - 07:29 UTC
EU puts Hezbollah in terrorism blacklist; Lebanon fears impact in local politics

The European Union agreed on Monday to put the armed wing of Hezbollah on its terrorism blacklist, a move driven by concerns over the Lebanese militant group's roles in a bus bombing in Bulgaria and the Syrian war.
Tuesday, July 23rd 2013 - 07:21 UTC
Uruguay’s citrus production down 30% because of severe weather a year ago

Uruguay’s major citrus crops estimates place production at almost a third lower than the previous year, the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fishing (MGAP) reported.
Tuesday, July 23rd 2013 - 07:16 UTC
Green Coke with natural sweetener stevia launched in Argentina

Coca Cola has used their familiar and distinctive curved script since 1887 and since the 1920s their famous logo has been placed on a red background on the company's classic cola. But the soda brand is now going green, at least in Argentina.
Monday, July 22nd 2013 - 21:01 UTC
PM Cameron reassures Gibraltar “no compromise on sovereignty”, following shooting incident

British Prime Minister David Cameron has told Chief Minister Fabian Picardo that Britain “will not compromise on sovereignty” in the face of Spanish incursions into British Gibraltar territorial waters.
Monday, July 22nd 2013 - 20:36 UTC
Pope warns of an entire generation of jobless young people, before arriving in Rio

Pope Francis warned Monday that the world risks having an entire generation of jobless young people as he arrived to Brazil. The 76-year-old Argentine, speaking to journalists aboard the papal plane heading to the Catholic youth event in Rio de Janeiro, said his trip aimed in part “to encourage young people to integrate into society” and convince the world not to abandon them.
Monday, July 22nd 2013 - 20:23 UTC
Duchess of Cambridge gives birth to a boy; third in the line of succession

The Duchess of Cambridge has given birth to a baby boy, Kensington Palace has announced. The baby was delivered at 16:24 BST at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, west London, weighing 8lb 6oz.
Monday, July 22nd 2013 - 06:54 UTC
Francis, champion of the poor arrives at a restive and Catholic faith losing Brazil

Pope Francis is due in Brazil Monday on his first foreign trip as pontiff to attend an international youth festival in the world's biggest Catholic country.
Monday, July 22nd 2013 - 06:50 UTC
The good pastor will put in practice ‘the new way of interacting with the world’

Pope Francis’s response to the challenges of the Catholic Church has been to help find “an entirely new way to interact with the world” by the manner in which he communicates, said Sao Paulo Cardinal Odilo Scherer, one of two Latin Americans named to the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelization created in 2010.
Monday, July 22nd 2013 - 06:47 UTC
Re-re-election of Cristina Fernandez “not in government’s agenda”, says Scioli

Re-re-election of President Cristina Fernandez is not in the government’s agenda, Buenos Aires province governor Daniel Scioli affirmed in tune with the Argentine president’s most recent messages: “I am not eternal,’ she has been long insisting.