Stories for 2014

Wednesday, November 12th 2014 - 07:17 UTC
RFA Black Rover back in UK after 17-month deployment in the Atlantic

The second-oldest vessel in the Naval Service, veteran tanker RFA Black Rover, a well known presence in the Falkland Islands, has completed her penultimate deployment, a marathon of 17 months in the Atlantic. No Royal Navy vessel can carry out a patrol in the Southern Hemisphere without the support of a Royal Fleet Auxiliary tanker – a duty performed in recent years by a Rover-class vessel.
Wednesday, November 12th 2014 - 07:10 UTC
World largest offshore drilling fleet admits slowdown in oversupplied rig market

Transocean Ltd, the owner of the world's largest offshore drilling fleet, said it was likely to retire additional rigs as the company continued to face pressure due to slowdown in an oversupplied rig market.
Wednesday, November 12th 2014 - 07:00 UTC
Argentina raids 71 banks and financial entities suspected of money laundering

Argentina's AFIP tax revenue service on Tuesday carried out searches at 71 banks, currency exchanges and other financial entities suspected of money laundering, the government said. More than 250 agents took part in the operation, which involved institutions in this capital and in the provinces of Buenos Aires, Mendoza and Cordoba, AFIP said in a statement.
Wednesday, November 12th 2014 - 06:48 UTC
US authorities looking into 'possible bribes' in the Petrobras corruption scandal

United States authorities are investigating whether Brazil's giant gas and oil corporation Petrobras or its employees were paid bribes, adding to the mounting domestic corruption probes facing the state-controlled oil company.
Wednesday, November 12th 2014 - 06:42 UTC
Petrobras Argentina plans to invest 622m dollars to explore for shale gas

The Argentine unit of Brazilian state-controlled oil giant Petrobras plans to invest 622 million dollars to explore for non-conventional natural gas in Neuquen, the Argentine government announced on Monday.
Wednesday, November 12th 2014 - 06:38 UTC
Rousseff tells Congress it will miss the fiscal target; resigning minister calls for a “shock of credibility”

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Tuesday asked Congress to allow the government to deduct all of its investments and tax exemptions from a key 2014 fiscal target, effectively lowering a goal that it will miss for the third straight year.
Wednesday, November 12th 2014 - 03:33 UTC
Falklands' visit of MPs postponed until after UK general election in May

The visit of two Members of the British Parliament to the Falkland Islands, as announced last week has been cancelled. However the invitation to visit the Islands remains open and hopefully it will take place next year.
Wednesday, November 12th 2014 - 03:19 UTC
“Falklands/Malvinas current policy is a losing option and leads nowhere”

Argentina's current policy on the Falklands/Malvinas Islands sovereignty is a losing option because it is a 'maximalist' attitude with the purpose of ‘full recovery' of the disputed islands, said Argentine political scientist and writer Carlos Escudé.
Tuesday, November 11th 2014 - 21:54 UTC
An estimated 28.5m from Latam and Caribbean population live overseas, 70% in USA

An estimated 28.5 million Latin American and Caribbean people live outside their birth countries, 70% of them in the United States, while a majority of the immigrant population of 7.6 million originated from other countries in the region, according to a new study by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
Tuesday, November 11th 2014 - 21:03 UTC
Projected 2014 cereal production trimmed back despite record maize and wheat harvests

According to FAO's monthly Cereal Supply and Demand Brief release, the forecast for 2014 world cereal production by about one million tons. At 2.5 billion tons, the full-year production figure would be 3.7 million tons below 2013's record output.