Stories for 2013

Monday, April 1st 2013 - 09:17 UTC
US economy fourth quarter report positive, but still sluggish

The US economy grew at a faster than expected 0.4% in the fourth quarter of 2012, the Department of Commerce has said. The annualised figure was better than an earlier estimate of 0.1% growth, reflecting increased investments in plant and equipment.
Monday, April 1st 2013 - 09:13 UTC
Cameron and Rajoy scheduled to meet this month, says Madrid media

The prime ministers of Spain and Britain will meet in Madrid during the second week of April, according to a weekend report in ABC. The article said the meeting between Mariano Rajoy and David Cameron would centre primarily on the Euro-zone crisis.
Monday, April 1st 2013 - 09:05 UTC
Unasur calls on all sides involved to ensure peace and security in the Korean peninsula

The Union of South American Nations, Unasur expressed deep concern and called on all sides involved to ensure the preservation of peace and security in the Korean peninsula.
Saturday, March 30th 2013 - 10:15 UTC
Falkland Islands: More stunts can be expected from Argentina says visiting diplomat

“I THINK there is no doubt that the Argentine Government will continue to look for opportunities to pull stunts of one kind or another.”
The speaker was Dr Peter Hayes, the Director of the FCO’s Overseas Territories Directorate who was paying a short visit to the Falkland Islands last week.
Thursday, March 28th 2013 - 11:58 UTC
Falkland Islands “close to the hearts” of Chileans, says Punta Arenas British consul

A reception was held at the Falkland Islands Government House in honour of the Honorary British Consul in Punta Arenas, John Rees MBE, who is currently visiting the Islands at the invitation of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Thursday, March 28th 2013 - 10:25 UTC
Chile: Back from UN job Bachelet confirms she is running for president next November

Popular former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet announced late Wednesday that she is running in the 17 November election. Bachelet, the country's first female president 2006-2010, made the announcement at a public event in a southern Santiago neighborhood where she grew up.
Thursday, March 28th 2013 - 10:15 UTC
Falklands’ sovereignty belongs to the ‘whole of Latinamerica’ says Uruguay

Foreign minister Luis Almagro said on Wednesday that Malvinas Islands’ sovereignty belongs to the whole of Latinamerica and as part of Latinamerica and the Caribbean, “we will defend the territorial integrity of the continent”.
Thursday, March 28th 2013 - 10:03 UTC
Uruguay 2012 GDP expanded 3.9% boosted by construction and domestic demand

Uruguay’s GDP expanded 3.9% last in 2012 over the previous year despite a slight contraction in the fourth quarter, according to a late Wednesday release from the Central bank. The bank’s original estimate was 4%. In 2011 the economy grew a revised 6.5%.
Thursday, March 28th 2013 - 09:56 UTC
Argentina prepared to offer suing ‘vulture funds’ a 25-year bond, says Ambito

Argentina plans to offer suing “holdout” creditors a 25-year bond equal to the face value of their debt when the country defaulted in 2002, local financial daily Ambito Financiero reported on Wednesday.
Thursday, March 28th 2013 - 09:40 UTC
“Only a mentally ill would want to govern Italy now” says frustrated Bersani

The head of Italy's centre-left bloc has hit an impasse in his efforts to form a government and said only a mentally ill person would want to govern Italy now. Pier Luigi Bersani was rebuffed by the anti-establishment Five Star Movement on Wednesday.