Stories for 2013

Monday, September 16th 2013 - 01:26 UTC
Colombia/Nicaragua maritime dispute reignites, despite International Court ruling

President Juan Manuel Santos presented before Colombia’s constitutional court a demand against the Pact of Bogotá arguing that a recent ruling from the International Court of Justice on a maritime dispute with Nicaragua does not comply with the Colombian constitution.
Monday, September 16th 2013 - 01:25 UTC
Argentine official inflation 0.8% and 6.6% in eight months despite price agreements

Argentina's Consumer Price Index (IPC) was of 0.8% in August, according to the INDEC statistics bureau, totalling 6.6% this year. Price hikes were mainly seen in food and beverage, household equipment and maintenance sectors. Meanwhile, entertainment costs went down in August.
Monday, September 16th 2013 - 01:21 UTC
Uruguay’s economy expands 5.6% in second quarter helped by hydroelectric production

Uruguay's economy expanded 5.6% in the second quarter compared with the same period a year earlier and 2.1% compared with the first three months of this year, the central bank said in its quarterly report.
Monday, September 16th 2013 - 01:19 UTC
Cartes on a two-day visit to Pacific Alliance member Chile to promote trade and investments

Paraguayan president Horacio Cartes begins on Monday a two-day visit to Chile where he is scheduled to meet his peer Sebastián Piñera and hold a round of talks with business people inviting them to invest in Paraguay. At the end of the month Cartes will be flying to Brasilia to meet President Dilma Rousseff.
Sunday, September 15th 2013 - 20:22 UTC
Brazil forecasted to become the leading country in soybean production

Brazil is to top the world soybean production league for the first time, thanks to the incentive to farmers provided from resilient prices and a weak Real, overtaking the US, whose hopes have been dented by drought.
Sunday, September 15th 2013 - 20:18 UTC
Summers pulls out of the race to succeed Bernanke at the Federal Reserve

Lawrence “Larry” Summers, the former Treasury Secretary who served Presidents Clinton and Obama, called President Barack Obama on Sunday to say he is pulling out of the race to succeed Ben Bernanke as chairman of the Federal Reserve.
Sunday, September 15th 2013 - 20:16 UTC
Pope’s meets with the father of liberation theology; Vatican media praises the Peruvian priest

Pope Francis' September 11 meeting with Dominican Father Gustavo Gutierrez was an informal one, held in the in the pope's residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae, and not listed on his official schedule., reports the Catholic News Service. However the news that Pope Francis had received the 85-year old Peruvian priest, who is widely considered the father of liberation theology, has excited interest far beyond the Vatican's walls.
Sunday, September 15th 2013 - 19:22 UTC
The hurdles faced by Bachelet to achieve her promise of reforming Chilean education

Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet legacy lives heavily in a country which has had a spectacular economic performance since the return of democracy, but remains lame in several social and political issues.
Sunday, September 15th 2013 - 19:18 UTC
RFA Wave Knight in major seizure of drugs in the Caribbean

Royal Fleet Auxiliary support ship Wave Knight has helped seize an estimated £6.5 million worth of drugs from traffickers in the Caribbean. In a multi-agency operation involving UK and US assets, the fishing vessel Miss Tiffany was detected and one of Wave Knight’s boats was launched to investigate.
Sunday, September 15th 2013 - 19:15 UTC
Latam’s cash transfer programs have proven more effective in combating poverty

Latin America’s cash transfer programs are a more effective weapon against poverty and social inequality than economic growth alone, according to a study by two local economists.