Stories for 2013

Wednesday, February 27th 2013 - 05:18 UTC
OAS assembly in Guatemala will discuss “alternative strategies for combating drugs”

In an advance of the coming 43rd OAS General Assembly to be held in Antigua, Guatemala next June the country’s Foreign Affairs minister Luis Fernando Carrera Castro presented before the OAS Permanent Council an issue that is gaining support in the continent, “Alternative Strategies for Combating Drugs”.
Wednesday, February 27th 2013 - 05:10 UTC
Jack Lew closer to becoming US Treasury Secretary; Senate votes Hagel for the Pentagon

Jack Lew won the Senate Finance Committee’s approval to become US Treasury secretary and a full vote in the upper house confirmed Chuck Hagel as the next US defense secretary. The Senate approved the nomination Tuesday in a vote of 58 to 41.
Wednesday, February 27th 2013 - 04:55 UTC
Major global effort involving Interpol launched to eliminate IUU fishing

Interpol Environmental Crime Program, with support from the Pew Charitable Trusts, the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, this week announced the beginning of a massive global movement -- Project SCALE -- to cull illegal fishing and associated crimes.
Wednesday, February 27th 2013 - 01:52 UTC
Argentina’s industrial production marked a modest 0.2% rise in January

Argentina's industrial production started the year with a modest improvement rising 0.2% in January from a year earlier after output shrank 1.2% in 2012 as a whole, government data showed. Factory output rose 0.6% in January compared with December, seasonally adjusted.
Wednesday, February 27th 2013 - 01:49 UTC
Repsol sells package of LNG assets to Shell to cut its debt and hold to credit rating

Spanish energy giant Repsol SA said Tuesday that it agreed to sell a package of liquefied natural gas assets to Royal Dutch Shell Plc in a transaction valued at 6.65 billion dollars. Shell will pay 4.4bn in cash and assume 2.25bn in debt, Repsol said in a regulatory filing.
Wednesday, February 27th 2013 - 01:22 UTC
Fish discard clash in Brussels; NE Atlantic has highest discard rate, says UN

Europe's fisheries ministers may dilute plans for a total ban on the practice of discarding fish at sea, as they meet in Brussels. An outright discards ban was widely welcomed when backed by the European Parliament last month, but it is being resisted by France, Spain and others.
Wednesday, February 27th 2013 - 01:14 UTC
Italy fears knock world stock markets; US recovers on Bernanke’ defence of stimuli

World stock markets and southern European government bonds sank on Tuesday on fears that political stalemate in Italy would leave its economic reforms in tatters and reignite the Euro zone's broader debt crisis.
Tuesday, February 26th 2013 - 19:26 UTC
Sea adventure of a lifetime: crew member of a schooner along the Brazilian coast and across to South Africa

Want to run away to sea? Two incredible Dutch classic tall ships are seeking training crew for an around-the-world sailing voyage following historic trade routes on an epic adventure. Last minute Voyage Crew places are available on a historic journey to sail the old trade routes around the world and the three southern capes during March & April 2013.
Tuesday, February 26th 2013 - 10:46 UTC
Brazil: current account deficit outpacing FDI expected to continue for two months

Brazil’s current account deficit surged to a record high in January, outpacing foreign direct investment for the third straight month because of the widening trade gap according to central bank data.
Tuesday, February 26th 2013 - 10:13 UTC
Ecuador/Chevron dispute enters a new chapter: Correa calls for Latam support

President Rafael Correa said he expects the regional groupings Alba and Unasur to meet urgently and address the “legal aberration” committed by a UN trade law arbitrage tribunal against Ecuador in a case involving US multinational Chevron and decades of environmental damages.