Stories for September 2013

Wednesday, September 25th 2013 - 07:46 UTC
UK at Amazon biodiversity, sustainability and innovation seminar in Brazil

The year 2013 is a special one for researches in the northern region of Brazil: the Ferreira Penna Scientific Station, research base of the Emílio Goeldi museum and research unit of the Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology, completes 20 years of existence.
Wednesday, September 25th 2013 - 06:28 UTC
Malvinas militarization and UK nuclear subs in South Atlantic protests Cristina Fernandez

Argentine President Cristina Fernández used Tuesday’s speech in before the UN General Assembly to once more criticize British military movements in the South Atlantic, condemning the use of nuclear submarines around the disputed Falklands/Malvinas Islands.
Wednesday, September 25th 2013 - 06:21 UTC
Pope Francis strong message on World Day of migrants and refugees

Pope Francis urged countries to welcome and respect migrants and refugees and not to treat them as “pawns on the chessboard of humanity”. Francis, who has made the defence of the poor and vulnerable a cornerstone of his papacy, said in a message for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees that there should be a change in attitude on the part of host countries.
Wednesday, September 25th 2013 - 06:14 UTC
Mujica blasted consumerism and called for political heads to rule the globalized world

In a fiery speech before the UN General Assembly, Uruguayan president Jose Mujica criticized consumerism and waste, electronic surveillance which ‘poisons’ relations among nations, called for a true globalization and blasted individual greed which has “far outstripped the superior greed of the human specie”.
Wednesday, September 25th 2013 - 05:57 UTC
Dow Chemical signs accord to jointly develop with YPF Patagonia shale gas

Argentina’s oil and gas YPF and Dow Chemical Co. Argentine unit signed a final accord to invest 188 million dollars to jointly develop shale gas at the country’s Vaca Muerta formation, in the Patagonian province of Neuquen.
Wednesday, September 25th 2013 - 05:40 UTC
Rousseff implicitly accuses the US of breach of international law and calls for UN regulation of internet

Addressing the United Nations General Assembly Brazilian President Dilma Roussef claimed that spying in the lives and affairs of other countries is a breach of international law and urged the United Nations to play a leading role in protecting Internet users from illegal interception of communications and data, and decried recent allegations of electronic information spying as “serious violations of human rights”.
Wednesday, September 25th 2013 - 05:34 UTC
Germany’s ‘Mom’ Angela no darling for the EU Mediterranean members

Southern Europeans are facing four more years of ‘mutti’ (Mom) Angela Merkel — whether they like it or not. Majorities of 82% in Spain, 65% in Portugal and 58% in Italy repudiate the German leader’s handling of the Euro area’s debt crisis, blaming her for drastic cuts in social services, recession and record unemployment, according to a German Marshall Fund poll released last week.
Wednesday, September 25th 2013 - 05:14 UTC
Germany’s main oil company signs to operate in development of Patagonia’s Vaca Muerta shale deposits

Germany’s Wintershall sealed a 150 million dollar unconventional exploration contract with the Argentine province of Neuquén’s owned Gas y Petroleo de Neuquén to search for oil in the Vaca Muerta formation. The agreement could later be extended to 3.35bn.
Wednesday, September 25th 2013 - 05:08 UTC
IATA forecasts a strong 2014 for the industry, but airlines on average only retain 5 dollars per passenger

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has revised its 2013 global industry outlook downwards to 11.7 billion on revenues of 708 billion dollars, but anticipates that all regions during 2014 will see improved profitability, with divergence in performance and with strong emphasis in North America with 6.3 billion net profits.
Wednesday, September 25th 2013 - 05:03 UTC
Major cocaine catch in Paris shipped from Venezuela triggers more questions than replies

With more arrests and airline workers suspected, Venezuela's top police official said that the smuggling of 1.5 tons of cocaine in 31 suitcases on an Air France flight from Caracas to Paris has led to nine arrests on two continents.