Stories for January 2015

Wednesday, January 7th 2015 - 06:56 UTC
Republicans expose divisions as Boehner narrowly wins third term as House speaker

John Boehner narrowly won a third term as United States House of Representatives speaker, surviving a stiff challenge from 25 conservative Republicans as the party took full control of Congress.
Wednesday, January 7th 2015 - 06:52 UTC
Argentina and Chile agree on three tunnel projects drilling the Andes

Argentina and Chile signed on Tuesday in Santiago the creation of a bi-national entity responsible for the Las Leñas Pass tunnel project (Ebileñas) to be drilled in the Andes connecting the two countries.
Wednesday, January 7th 2015 - 06:39 UTC
Land possession and peasants, the first strong clash in Rousseff's cabinet

Land possession has caused the first clashes in the newly named cabinet of President Dilma Rousseff with Agriculture minister Katia Abreu arguing there are no large estates ('latifundium') left in Brazil, while her Agrarian Development peer and a stalwart from the ruling party said a social approach was needed to the land and peasants issue.
Wednesday, January 7th 2015 - 06:20 UTC
Brazil sends foreign minister to China/Celac meeting in Beijing

Brazil's new foreign minister Mauro Vieira has left for Beijing to attend the first ministerial meeting between China and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, CELAC, according to reports from Brasilia.
Wednesday, January 7th 2015 - 04:42 UTC
FIFA vice-president will challenge Blatter for the presidency in May 29 election

FIFA Vice-President Prince Ali bin Al Hussein said on Tuesday he would stand against Sepp Blatter for presidency of football's world governing body, declaring that years of controversy surrounding “the beautiful sport” must end.
Wednesday, January 7th 2015 - 04:29 UTC
IAATO Environmental Manager is former BAS official and 2013 Queen's Polar Medal

The International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) announced the appointment of Tudor Morgan to the full-time position of Environmental Manager. Tudor’s overall role is to support safe and environmentally responsible tourism to Antarctica, with a particular focus on field operations.
Wednesday, January 7th 2015 - 04:20 UTC
Colombia launches first Antarctic research expedition with Chilean training

Colombia's first Antarctica expedition is expected to call in Punta Arenas on Wednesday before crossing to the peninsula to begin a three-month scientific hydrographic and climate research with twenty researchers on board committed to ten projects.
Wednesday, January 7th 2015 - 04:10 UTC
Shortage of tampons in Argentina because of import restrictions

Ladies in distress, particularly in summer time when going swimming is a ritual in Argentina: in effect because of the imports restrictions and lack of sufficient dollars, tampons are in short supply. They had been scarce all along the year but the situation peaked now that summer holidays have taken off.
Tuesday, January 6th 2015 - 23:11 UTC
Energy crisis as early as 2016

Low oil prices today may be setting the world up for an oil shortage as early as 2016. Today we have just 2% more crude oil supply than demand and the price of gasoline is under $2.00/gallon in Texas. If oil supply falls too far, we could see gasoline prices doubling within 18 months. For a commodity as critical to our standard of living as oil is, it only takes a small shortage to drive up the price.
Tuesday, January 6th 2015 - 22:49 UTC
Aurelius hedge fund denies being part of lawsuit filed against Petrobras

Aurelius Capital Management, one of the main plaintiffs against Argentina in New York District Judge Thomas Griesa’s courtroom, has denied being part in a lawsuit filed against Brazilian state-owned oil company Petrobras, in response to accusations by Argentina’s Economy Minister Axel Kicillof.