Stories for 2013

Thursday, June 6th 2013 - 06:38 UTC
OAS assembly adopts convention against racism and all forms of intolerance

The General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS), meeting in Guatemala adopted the Inter-American Convention against Racism, Racial Discrimination, and Related Forms of Intolerance and the Inter-American Convention against All Forms of Discrimination and Intolerance and opened them for signature.
Thursday, June 6th 2013 - 06:33 UTC
Throwing away food is like stealing from the poor, Francis tells followers

Francis has denounced what he called a “culture of waste” in an increasingly consumerist world and said throwing away good food was like stealing from poor people.
Thursday, June 6th 2013 - 06:30 UTC
Two continents’ police bust ring that shipped cocaine hidden in frozen fish to Spain

Brazilian authorities said they had smashed a ring of narco-traffickers said to have shipped drugs hidden in frozen fish to Europe. Eleven members of the drug and money laundering network, based in Brazil and with connections in Colombia, Portugal and Spain were arrested between last Friday and Tuesday and 5 million dollars worth of goods seized, prosecutors said.
Thursday, June 6th 2013 - 06:06 UTC
Brazil signs bill expanding private sector participation in the clogged ports

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff signed into law on Wednesday new regulations to make its ports more efficient and attract up to 12 billion dollars in investments as the country finally begins to tackle logistics bottlenecks hampering vast farm exports.
Thursday, June 6th 2013 - 02:13 UTC
U.S. and Venezuela agree to start dialogue to restore respective ambassadors

The United States is to start a dialogue with Venezuela aimed at restoring their respective ambassadors, US Secretary of State John Kerry has said. He was speaking after Venezuela freed and deported a US filmmaker who had been held on conspiracy charges. Mr Kerry welcomed Timothy Tracy's release as a “positive development”.
Wednesday, June 5th 2013 - 22:16 UTC
Good news for Chevron (and YPF): Argentine court revokes 19bn dollar embargo

Argentina's Supreme Court revoked a 19 billion dollar embargo on the assets and future income of Chevron Corp.'s Argentina subsidiary, giving the U.S. oil giant a victory in a decades-old battle with indigenous groups in Ecuador.
Wednesday, June 5th 2013 - 22:11 UTC
Argentina seizes Brazilian cargo railway concession arguing non compliance with contract conditions

Argentina expropriated a cargo railway concession from Brazil’s All America Latina Logistica, ALL, and a tourist train concession, citing non-compliance with contractual agreements. ALL operated the railways between Mendoza province and the Rosario port as well as the railway between Misiones province and the Buenos Aires port since 1999.
Wednesday, June 5th 2013 - 22:06 UTC
Brazil boosts agriculture budget by 18% to speed expansion of storage capacity

The Brazilian government announced that it is increasing the farm budget, including funds for subsidized loans by 18% to 136 billion Reais (approx 68 billion-dollars) mainly for improving the country’s insufficient storage capacity and new silos.
Wednesday, June 5th 2013 - 21:08 UTC
Russia temporary bans beef and poultry imports from three Brazil Marfrig plants

The Russian veterinary and phytosanitary service, Rosselkhoznadzor, temporarily suspended imports from two Brazilian beef slaughterhouses and one poultry processing facility on May 17, citing detection of listeria in shipments, according to processors involved.
Wednesday, June 5th 2013 - 19:21 UTC
Uruguay former president calls on Latam to advance in agreements with the US

“The time for rhetoric exercises has run out”, said Uruguayan former president Tabare Vazquez during a presentation before the Latin American Studies Association, LASA, in Washington where he emphasized the need for Latinamerican countries to advance in agreements with the United States.