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Stories for March 1st 2015

  • Sunday, March 1st 2015 - 23:35 UTC

    Argentine technical mission to China to assess the purchase of jet fighters

    Negotiations remain secret but according to Argentine sources the purchase could range between 14 and 20 aircraft, basically the FC-1/F-17

    It's official: in the coming weeks a technical delegation from Argentina's Air Force will be travelling to China to assess the convenience of purchasing Chinese jet fighters to replace the obsolete French made Mirages. Only a month ago president Cristina Fernandez was in Beijing where she sealed an “integral strategic alliance” with China.

  • Sunday, March 1st 2015 - 22:03 UTC

    Brazil consumers' power bills increase an average 23.4% as of next Monday

    The rate hike is geared to cover the estimated 22.1 billion Real (7.77 billion dollars) cost of a subsidy program, the government no longer will finance

    Brazil's utilities were granted an average special rate hike of 23.4% to cover the costs of a energy subsidy program that the government of President Dilma Rousseff has decided to stop funding directly, the country's electrical energy system regulator said on Friday, as reported by Folha de Sao Paulo.