Stories for 2013

Saturday, May 4th 2013 - 10:03 UTC
Uruguay admits trade and economic relations with Argentina ‘couldn’t be worse’

Vice-president Danilo Astori admitted on Friday that economic-trade relations with Argentina continue to deteriorate and seriously question Mercosur and Uruguay must therefore speed the search for other alternatives.
Saturday, May 4th 2013 - 09:54 UTC
Malvinas’ radicals protest and pledge to end Lan Chile air link with the Falklands

The Argentine radical group ‘Resistencia Malvinas’ protested on Thursday midday before the Lan Chile offices in downtown Buenos Aires to demand the end of the weekly air link between Punta Arenas and the Falkland Islands. The group led by Toni Lopez and with drums banging displayed banners, distributed pamphlets and burnt Union Jacks.
Saturday, May 4th 2013 - 09:32 UTC
Falkland Islands’ census shows there are more new homes than new people

The release of further data from the 2012 Census shows that the Falkland Islands continues to work its magic on immigrants who may have arrived with short term plans but have settled for ten or more years and that the ratio of women to men in the Islands has increased considerably over the last four decades.
Saturday, May 4th 2013 - 09:19 UTC
New Wyoming lithium deposit could meet all US demand

By John C.K. Daly - The US currently imports more than 80% of the lithium it uses, with the silvery metal winding up in batteries from cell phones to electric cars.
Saturday, May 4th 2013 - 09:12 UTC
Van Rompuy joins chorus of Euro zone policy makers promoting pro-growth measures

European Union governments and institutions must take “immediate action” to promote growth and jobs creation as countries are tired of austerity, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy said this week.
Saturday, May 4th 2013 - 09:03 UTC
UK minister warns waters row escalation with Spain could damage Gibraltar’s economy

UK Minister for Europe David Lidington has warned that an escalation of tension with Spain in the waters row could damage Gibraltar’s prosperity and wider UK interests and pointed out that the incursions were not “an armed attack or invasion” and that the response to them must be proportionate.
Saturday, May 4th 2013 - 08:54 UTC
“Pepe” Grillo protest-vote syndrome emerges in UK local elections and rattles three main parties

Italy’s ‘Pepe’ Grillo protest syndrome emerged in British local elections. The anti-European Union UK Independence Party made sweeping gains in these elections, siphoning support from British Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives in a vote that exposed a threat to his re-election chances in 2015.
Saturday, May 4th 2013 - 04:18 UTC
Dollar in Argentina ‘brushes’ 10 Pesos; urgent meeting of Cristina Fernandez economic cabinet

For a third consecutive day the ‘blue’ dollar which trades in Argentina’s informal market established a new record and after having brushed 10 Pesos in earlier trading finally closed Friday at 9.84 (buying price) and 9.88 (selling price) Pesos.
Friday, May 3rd 2013 - 07:01 UTC
UN Rapporteur insists in criticizing Argentine ‘politicization’ of the Judiciary

United Nations expert on magistrates and solicitors independence again expressed concern on Thursday about the laws contained in the Argentine government-promoted judicial reform which might lead to the “politicization” of the judiciary branch.
Friday, May 3rd 2013 - 06:41 UTC
Cristina Fernandez wins slander case in Rome: she did not go on a shopping spree

President Cristina Fernández said she would like to see “some more justice in Argentina” after referring to a court case she won against an Italian newspaper which in 2008 claimed that while in Rome she went on an extravagant shopping spree: “Hunger and dolce vita in Rome”.