Stories for 2014

Monday, March 31st 2014 - 19:25 UTC
Brazil/Argentina agree on deal to promote bilateral trade by guaranteeing 'dollar liquidity'

Brazil and Argentina signed a deal over the weekend that seeks to guarantee importers will have enough U.S. dollars to pay for exports, a move to increase trade between both nations that has been hit hard by a sharp depreciation of the Argentine peso.
Monday, March 31st 2014 - 16:29 UTC
Japan abides International Court of Justice ruling to halt whaling program

The UN's International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ruled that Japan must temporarily halt its whaling program in the Antarctic. It agreed with Australia, which brought the case in May 2010, that the program was not for scientific research as claimed by Tokyo.
Monday, March 31st 2014 - 16:13 UTC
Latam forecasted to grow 3% this year, but fiscal deterioration is serious

Latin America and the Caribbean’s economy as a whole will grow by 3% this year and 3.3% in 2015 thanks to “improved economic conditions in the United States and Europe”, the Inter-American Development Bank said in a report released over the weekend.
Monday, March 31st 2014 - 15:53 UTC
“Black Sunday” for French Socialists, although they managed to retain Paris

French President Francois Hollande is set to take the axe to his beleaguered government after it suffered humiliating losses in local elections in which the far-right National Front (FN) made historic gains.
Monday, March 31st 2014 - 15:27 UTC
Argentina lobbies for Malvinas sovereignty claim in East Timor

A high level Argentine diplomatic mission visited last week Timor-Leste, in the Asia Pacific area to reaffirm close political, economic and cooperation links between the two countries, and confirm support for Argentina's demand for Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty negotiations with the UK.
Monday, March 31st 2014 - 13:02 UTC
Federal troops move into Rio favelas to secure access to Galeao airport

Brazilian police backed by troops occupied a massive favela next to Rio de Janeiro's international airport without firing a shot to secure one of the city's most violent neighborhoods long run by drug dealers.
Monday, March 31st 2014 - 12:01 UTC
Falklands reports record catches of Loligo and Illex squid

Falkland Islands is reporting record catches of Illex and Loligo squid this season. News first arrived last Sunday when it was announced that local jiggers had caught the highest daily catch and highest catch rate of Loligo squid since at least 2000.
Monday, March 31st 2014 - 11:50 UTC
Nobel 1936 Peace Prize medal, originally extended to an Argentine, auctioned at 1.1 million

A 1936 Nobel Peace Prize medal, only the second such medal to be sold at auction, has fetched 1.1 million dollars in a sale to a private Asian collector, auctioneers Stack's Bowers said on Friday.
Saturday, March 29th 2014 - 09:22 UTC
‘Kelpers’, helping Argentine to understand the Falklands growing nation

The reaction of the Argentine public to Clarin journalist and author Natasha Niebieskikwiat's recently launched book ‘Kelpers’ has been, “less aggressive,” than she expected Natasha told Penguin News.
Saturday, March 29th 2014 - 06:25 UTC
Falklands receives US oil company temporary dock facility for exploration operations

Houston based oil company Noble Energy expects to inject 4 million dollars into Falklands businesses with the construction of the temporary dock facility which arrived in the Islands this week, Senior Vice President Susan Cunningham told those attending a presentation in Stanley on Monday evening.