Stories for 2013

Tuesday, July 16th 2013 - 17:03 UTC
Spain formally apologizes for the air incident involving Bolivian president Morales

Angel Vásquez, Spain's ambassador in La Paz, has delivered a letter to the Bolivian foreign ministry apologising for the aerial incident that forced Evo Morales to make an unscheduled stop in Vienna.
Tuesday, July 16th 2013 - 05:48 UTC
Brazil expects president-elect Cartes accepts the return of Paraguay to Mercosur

Brazil Foreign minister Antonio Patriota said he expects that Paraguay president-elect Horacio Cartes will accept the return to Mercosur following his taking office ceremony scheduled for next August 15.
Tuesday, July 16th 2013 - 05:45 UTC
Paraguay will hold Mercosur presidency in the first half of 2014, says Uruguay

Paraguay will hold the rotating chair of Mercosur after Venezuela, at the end of this year, which will mark the full active comeback of the country to the regional block, announced Uruguay’s Foreign minister Luis Almagro on Monday in Montevideo.
Tuesday, July 16th 2013 - 05:40 UTC
Paraguay debates controversial 10% levy on grains and soybean exports

The Paraguayan government said that the recently Senate approved controversial 10% levy on all exports of oilseeds and grains is “non applicable’ since it would need an amendment of the Customs Code, and recommends the implementation of alternative taxes.
Tuesday, July 16th 2013 - 05:23 UTC
Falklands united as a political community thus a ‘micro-nation’ says SAC

The, “orthodox,” view that the Falkland Islands referendum was little more than British voters choosing to remain British, as pedalled by the Argentine government, is not enough to explain the result of the Falkland Islands referendum argues Professor Peter Willetts in his ‘A Report on the Referendum on the Political Status of the Falkland Islands’.
Tuesday, July 16th 2013 - 04:04 UTC
Falklands’ war and British identity, a project study financed by the Shackleton Scholarship Fund

Four academic scholarships have been awarded by the Shackleton Scholarship Fund (SSF) for 2013, covering scientific and historical subjects related to the Falkland Islands, with one of them of particular interest since it refers to the Falklands war and British identity
Tuesday, July 16th 2013 - 03:58 UTC
China confirms economy is slowing down after second quarter weaker expansion

China's economic growth slowed in the April to June period, the second straight quarter of weaker expansion. The world's second biggest economy grew by 7.5% compared to the previous year, down from 7.7% in the January to March period, data showed. The figures were in line with analyst expectations.
Tuesday, July 16th 2013 - 03:55 UTC
Closer to discovering how genetic flaws increase obesity risks

The mystery of a genetic flaw which greatly increases the risk of obesity in one in six people has been solved by an international group of scientists. A version of an obesity gene, called FTO, had been linked to a bigger belly, but the reason why was uncertain.
Tuesday, July 16th 2013 - 03:50 UTC
Chilean court suspends major 8.5bn dollars gold development project in the Andes

A Chilean appeals court on Monday formally suspended Barrick Gold Corp’s controversial 8.5 dollars billion Pascua-Lama gold mine until the company meets environmental standards and builds infrastructure that will prevent water pollution.
Monday, July 15th 2013 - 22:42 UTC
Brazilian official regrets Paraguay did not follow the path of Venezuela, Ecuador and Bolivia

Brazilian international affairs advisor Marco Aurelio Garcia admits the incorporation of Venezuela to Mercosur was done without Paraguay’s approval and argues the downfall of Fernando Lugo was because of his political incapacity to follow on the steps of other countries with strong popular support such as Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador