Stories for April 2015

Friday, April 3rd 2015 - 03:28 UTC
Argentina ‘malvinazing’ history through ‘mature nationalism’ says president on Malvinas war 33rd anniversary

Argentina is ‘malvinazing’ (Malvinas) its history, but not through chauvinist patriotism but mature nationalism that seeks international law and peace to recover sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands, said president Cristina Fernandez during the 33rd anniversary of the beginning of the South Atlantic conflict on 2 April 1982.
Thursday, April 2nd 2015 - 08:20 UTC
Brazil’s industrial production drops in February; 11 out of 24 sectors down

Brazil's industrial production dropped in February after a momentary uptick at the beginning of the year, as factories and mines braced for what economists say could be the country's worst year in more than two decades.
Thursday, April 2nd 2015 - 08:08 UTC
Can Argentina capitalize on its vast shale reserves?

Argentina, once a regional energy leader, is now better known for financial busts and bombastic politicians than hydrocarbons prospects. Still, with a resource potential both vast and untapped, the nation has never been far from energy investors' minds. The question today is just how much Argentina is willing to change and how this plays into a low oil price environment that is already negatively impacting investment elsewhere.
Thursday, April 2nd 2015 - 07:42 UTC
Falklands oil explorer looking for associate to develop Darwin discovery

Falklands’ explorer Borders and Southern Petroleum PLC said this week its pre-tax loss widened in 2014 as costs increased, and admitted it has struggled to find a partner for the Darwin discovery to the south of the Falkland Islands, against a backdrop of reduced investment by companies caused by the fall in oil prices.
Thursday, April 2nd 2015 - 07:31 UTC
Brazil oil industry wants new auction rights rules and more efficient sourcing requirements

The Brazilian Petroleum Institute, or IBP, has called on the government to change the regulatory framework to deal with the crisis caused by the collapse of oil prices and the corruption scandal at state-controlled oil giant Petrobras.
Thursday, April 2nd 2015 - 07:27 UTC
Rousseff “we will do whatever it takes to meet 2015 fiscal target”

Brazil's government will do whatever it takes to meet its 2015 fiscal target, President Dilma Rousseff said on Tuesday in an interview with Bloomberg News.
Wednesday, April 1st 2015 - 20:31 UTC
Falklands and South Atlantic Islands have a new defense commander

Commodore Darren Bone MA has been appointed as the next Commander British Forces South Atlantic Islands (CBFSAI), with headquarters in the Falkland Islands, and in April will replace Air Commodore Russ LaForte who has held the post since August 2013.
Wednesday, April 1st 2015 - 08:26 UTC
Driverless cars poised to transform automotive industry

The newest Mercedes autonomous car looks like a car on the outside but like a lounge on the inside, with four swivel seats facing each other in a multimedia bubble of padded leather and walnut veneer.
Wednesday, April 1st 2015 - 08:14 UTC
Latam countries the happiest, according to Gallup's Positive Experience Index

People in Latin America are the most likely in the world to experience a lot of positive emotions on a daily basis, according to Gallup's Positive Experience Index. In fact, for the first time in Gallup's 10-year history of global tracking, all of the top 10 countries with the highest Positive Experience Index scores are in Latin America.
Wednesday, April 1st 2015 - 08:05 UTC
Public-private partnership to rehabilitate Uruguay's most transited highways

Spanish construction company Sacyr joined Uruguay's Grinor in a consortium bidding for a contract to recover and maintain highways in the Mercosur member country.