Stories for 2014

Tuesday, October 14th 2014 - 11:54 UTC
First BMW rolls out from Brazilian plant; annual production goal: 30.000

Germany's BMW Group celebrated last week the first car to be assembled in its new Brazilian automobile plant in Araquari, Santa Catarina State, where over the course of the next few years, more than 200 million Euros will be invested in the plant, resulting in a production capacity of more than 30,000 vehicles annually.
Tuesday, October 14th 2014 - 06:54 UTC
Morales pledges orthodox economic policies and respect for private property

Bolivian President Evo Morales, who easily won a third term in a weekend election, has said he will stick to his brand of pragmatic socialism, respecting private property while expanding the state's role in the economy.
Tuesday, October 14th 2014 - 06:48 UTC
OAS praise for Bolivia's commitment to democracy and Sunday's elections

The OAS (Organization of American States) Electoral Observation Mission in Bolivia, headed by former Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom, commends Bolivian citizenry for the high level of peaceful participation on Sunday's national elections and underlines the country’s democratic commitment.
Tuesday, October 14th 2014 - 06:38 UTC
Mapuches and other indigenous groups fight police on Columbus Day

Chilean police fired tear gas and water cannon on Sunday to break up thousands of indigenous protesters demanding land rights and condemning Columbus Day, after masked demonstrators began throwing stones.
Tuesday, October 14th 2014 - 06:19 UTC
Falklands case at Gibraltar conference on self-determination and independence

An international symposium looking at the historical backdrop underpinning the concepts of self-determination, devolution, and independence on self-determination will take place next Thursday and Friday in Gibraltar. The aim of this conference is to look at these concepts and to explore them across a number of different examples.
Tuesday, October 14th 2014 - 06:00 UTC
A masterly account of the Battle of the Falklands 1914

The Battle of the Falklands 1914 By Graham Pascoe reviewed by David Tatham - With the centenary of the 1914 naval battle coming up in December and commemorations planned for Falkland Islands capital, Stanley and London, Graham Pascoe’s concise account of the battles of Coronel and the Falkland Islands is well timed.
Tuesday, October 14th 2014 - 05:53 UTC
Pope Francis shakes Vatican policy with new attitude towards gays

The Vatican has taken strides in announcing a new change in views towards homosexuals, which according to a Vatican document drafted after a week-long discussion of 200 bishops on family issues, states that homosexuals have “gifts and qualities to offer.”
Tuesday, October 14th 2014 - 05:35 UTC
Bank of England governor warns 'bankers' behavior still needs to change”

Bankers' behavior still needs to change following the financial crisis, Bank of England governor Mark Carney has warned. He added that top executives had “got away without sanction”.“Maybe they were not at the best tables in society after that, but they're still at the best golf courses. That has to change,” he said. Mr Carney was speaking at the International Monetary Fund's annual meeting in Washington.
Tuesday, October 14th 2014 - 05:26 UTC
Economics Nobel Prize for work on dominating companies and market regulation

French economist Jean Tirole won the 2014 Nobel Prize for economics for his work that has shed light on how governments should regulate powerful companies that dominate markets, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Monday.
Tuesday, October 14th 2014 - 05:15 UTC
Lady Alice: “Argentines eat a lot of beef, but have never eaten a journalist”

Jeremy Clarkson and BBC's 'Top Gear' program need publicity and controversy to keep going and that he has managed with his recent incursion through the south of Argentina, which ended with his team escorted to the border with Chile fearing 'for their lives', which obviously impeded them from accomplishing their formal task but not the real objective.