Stories for September 2013

Friday, September 13th 2013 - 00:43 UTC
US farmers’ agri-business cooperative opens office in Montevideo

CHS Inc., a United States farmer-owned cooperative and a global agribusiness, announced it has opened an office at Montevideo, Uruguay, making it the fourth South American nation in which CHS has operations.
Friday, September 13th 2013 - 00:39 UTC
Celibacy ‘is not Church dogma’ and ‘can be discussed’, says Vatican’s number two

The Vatican’s new secretary of state has surprised many in the Catholic Church, after saying in an interview with a Venezuelan newspaper that the issue of priests remaining celibate is up for discussion.
Friday, September 13th 2013 - 00:31 UTC
President Rousseff pushing new legislation forcing internet companies to comply with Brazilian rules

President Dilma Rousseff is pushing new legislation that would seek to force Google, Facebook and other internet companies to store locally gathered data inside Brazil. The requirement would be difficult to execute, technology experts say, given high costs and the global nature of the Internet.
Friday, September 13th 2013 - 00:27 UTC
Serious rioting in Santiago marks the fortieth anniversary of Pinochet’s coup

At least 42 policemen were injured and 264 protesters arrested in violent clashes as Chile marked the 40th anniversary of the coup that brought Augusto Pinochet to power, officials said on Thursday.
Thursday, September 12th 2013 - 05:14 UTC
Mega-regional accords could lead “to redefinition of world trade rules by 2020”

One of the main features emerging with the current international economic situation is mega-regional negotiations linking the main world production networks: Europe, North America and Asia and sometimes skirting WTO, according to the latest report on the Latinamerican and Caribbean economy from Eclac (UN Economic commission for Latam and the Caribbean).
Thursday, September 12th 2013 - 05:07 UTC
US Supreme Court on September 30 will consider if it hears Argentina’s appeal on hedge funds

The US Supreme Court will use its Sept. 30 private conference to consider whether to hear Argentina’s appeal in a clash affecting billions of dollars in defaulted debt. The schedule, revealed on Wednesday on the court’s public docket, means the justices may say as early as Oct. 1 whether they will review a 2012 federal appeals court ruling that requires Argentina to pay holders of defaulted bonds if the country makes payments on restructured debt.
Thursday, September 12th 2013 - 04:50 UTC
OAS will monitor Panama general elections next 4 May 2014

The Organization of American States, OAS, Electoral Observation Mission is visiting Panama to monitor the organization of the General Elections of May 4, 2014, in response to an invitation from the country’s electoral and governmental authorities.
Thursday, September 12th 2013 - 02:01 UTC
Second pulp mill in Uruguay delays beginning production until next year

The second pulp mill in Uruguay, Montes del Plata is not expected to begin operations until the first half of next year, according to the latest reports from the same corporation which is an association of Chile’s Copec and Finland’s Stora Enso.
Thursday, September 12th 2013 - 01:55 UTC
Spanish government recommends Repsol ‘negotiations’ with Argentina over YPF

Spanish Foreign minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo said that the ‘best solution’ for Spain and Argentina on the dispute over the seizure of a majority stake of YPF from Repsol is “negotiations” and emphasized that Madrid will back Spanish corporations in what it ‘considers convenient’.
Thursday, September 12th 2013 - 01:49 UTC
Argentina thanks Paraguay for granting General Peron asylum in 1955

The government of President Cristina Fernandez thanked Paraguay for granting political asylum to Juan Domingo Peron, three times elected president of Argentina, at their embassy in Buenos Aires, when he was ousted by a military coup in September 1955