MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for June 10th 2015
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Wednesday, June 10th 2015 - 06:04 UTC
Brazil launches ambitious $64bn infrastructure package to prop the economy
Brazil announced a $64 billion infrastructure spending package on Tuesday, hoping to revive its flagging economy with investment in highways, railroads, ports and airports. Businesses and analysts have long pointed to overburdened infrastructure as a drag on the world's seventh-largest economy, which pays high prices to ship the raw materials it exports.
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Wednesday, June 10th 2015 - 05:32 UTC
Argentina commemorates creation of 'Malvinas political and military command' in June 1829
British dominance of the Malvinas Islands is a colonial 'situation', which is 'unacceptable' and 'anachronic': Argentina reiterates its sovereignty claims over the South Atlantic Islands and surrounding maritime spaces, said a release from the foreign ministry in Buenos Aires on occasion of the day the country commemorates the creation, on 10 June 1829, of the political and military command of the Malvinas Islands and adjacent Cape Horn spaces.
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Wednesday, June 10th 2015 - 05:01 UTC
Argentina comes to a halt as transport unions shut-down buses, trains, subways, air traffic
A strike by Argentine transport workers caused chaos for Buenos Aires commuters and forced airlines to cancel flights on Tuesday as the government accused unions of playing pre-election politics.
