Stories for October 13th 2014

Monday, October 13th 2014 - 07:17 UTC
Argentina doesn't need international credit, “we have foreign currency to face debt maturities”

Argentine Economy Minister Axel Kicillof has assured that the government of president Cristina Fernandez is not seeking international financing despite current economic problems, since it has foreign trade surpluses and all the foreign exchange needed to face debt maturities.
Monday, October 13th 2014 - 07:10 UTC
Racial tension erupts in St Louis as heavy handed police arrest demonstrators

Riot-gear clad police arrested at least 17 people on Sunday after they refused orders to disperse from a spontaneous sit-in outside a convenience store in St. Louis during a weekend of otherwise peaceful protests against police violence.
Monday, October 13th 2014 - 07:04 UTC
Head of Pentagon underlines military partnership of the US with Chile

US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel met with government leaders in the Chilean capital of Santiago on Sunday to discuss deepening the U.S. military partnership with Chile.
Monday, October 13th 2014 - 06:54 UTC
US against China proposal to create a regional development bank for Asia

For almost a year, China has been pitching an idea to its neighbors in Asia: a big, internationally funded bank that would offer quick financing for badly needed transportation, telecommunications and energy projects in underdeveloped countries across the region.
Monday, October 13th 2014 - 06:47 UTC
Royal Navy invests £348 million in three new offshore patrol vessels

Steel was cut this week for the first of three new Royal Navy offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) at a ceremony in Glasgow. The vessels, which will be used by the Royal Navy to undertake various tasks in support of UK interests both at home and abroad, will be built at BAE Systems’ shipyards under a £348 million contract that has protected more than 800 Scottish jobs.
Monday, October 13th 2014 - 06:38 UTC
Environmentalist Marina Silva “will vote and support” Aecio Neves

Business-friendly opposition candidate Aecio Neves received a crucial boost in Brazil's presidential election race on Sunday with the endorsement of popular environmentalist Marina Silva two weeks before his runoff against incumbent Dilma Rousseff.
Monday, October 13th 2014 - 06:32 UTC
The manager of orthodox economics dedicates landslide victory to Chavez and Fidel Castro

Evo Morales easily won an unprecedented third term as Bolivia’s president Sunday on the strength of the economic and political stability brought by his government, according to unofficial results.
Monday, October 13th 2014 - 00:26 UTC
Ebola's exponential growth

By Gwynne Dyer - Here are two good things about the Ebola virus. It is unlikely to mutate into a version that can spread through the air, as some other viruses have done. And people who have been infected by Ebola cannot pass it on to others during the incubation period (between two and 21 days). Only when they develop detectable symptoms, notably fever, do they become infectious to others, and only by the transfer of bodily fluids.
Monday, October 13th 2014 - 00:20 UTC
Neves pledges a deep reform of Mercosur and opening to the world, if he wins

Deep reforms and opening Mercosur to the world will be proposed by opposition candidate Aecio Neves to the other full members, if finally he is elected to lead Brazil in the 26 October runoff against president Dilma Rousseff, said Rubens Barbosa a trade expert, former ambassador in the US and currently coordinator of the opposition government program.