Stories for 2015

Friday, November 6th 2015 - 18:56 UTC
Falklands' maps and 'The Times' report manipulated in Argentine embassy pamphlets

By Justin A Kuntz - There are many examples of the power of social media to quickly form and mould world opinion. One recent example is that of Dr Tim Hunt, a Nobel Prize winner, whose professional reputation was utterly destroyed on Twitter whilst airborne during a return flight from Korea. Increasingly social media is also seen as a crucial communication tool for politicians and opinion makers to master.
Friday, November 6th 2015 - 14:54 UTC
Why America invented Ahmad Chalabi

The following piece by Gideon Rose (*) was published in The New York Times Opinion page and helps to understand much about the Iraq war and ongoing instability.
Friday, November 6th 2015 - 14:23 UTC
Cruise line adds kayak excursions in Antarctica, Falklands and South Georgia

Luxury cruise line Seaborn is adding a new adventure to its Antarctica voyages aboard 'Seabourn Quest' this season: Kayaking. Ventures by Seabourn optional kayak excursions will also be offered at South Georgia Island and Port Stanley, Falkland Islands. It's an expansion of the line's new “Ventures by Seabourn” excursions that launched last summer in other destinations.
Friday, November 6th 2015 - 14:16 UTC
Petrobras strike strong support fuelled by resistance to sale of assets and cutting investments

Brazilian union leaders say stronger than expected support for a strike at Petrobras is due to growing worker opposition to a creeping privatization of the state oil company. The strike, which began on Sunday, has become the biggest stoppage in two decades at Petrobras and shows workers back union efforts to renationalize the company and cut foreign participation in the oil industry, union leaders say.
Friday, November 6th 2015 - 11:26 UTC
OAS observers for Paraguay municipal election on 15 November

The Organization of American States (OAS) will deploy an Electoral Observation Mission (EOM) for the 15 November municipal elections in Paraguay, according to the agreement signed between OAS and Paraguay.
Friday, November 6th 2015 - 11:20 UTC
Malvinas-distance electronic boards to be posted in Buenos Aires City

Buenos Aires City legislative council approved on Thursday a bill by which road electronic boards must be posted in the Argentine capital indicating direction and distance to the Falklands/Malvinas, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, which are claimed by Argentina.
Friday, November 6th 2015 - 09:26 UTC
Brazil central bank moves 4.5% inflation target timeframe to 2017

The Brazilian central bank will take the necessary measures to bring inflation back to the 4.5% target in 2017, bank director Altamir Lopes, said on Thursday. It is the first time the bank has given a timeframe for reaching the center of its official target range after it dropped its outlook to meet this goal late 2016 due to a weaker Brazilian currency.
Friday, November 6th 2015 - 08:57 UTC
Two British bankers convicted in the US for manipulation of the Libor rate

Two British bankers have been convicted by a New York jury of manipulating inter-bank lending rates. Anthony Allen and Anthony Conti were charged with conspiracy to commit wire and bank fraud and committing wire fraud, by misreporting the London interbank offered rate (Libor) as it related to the US dollar. Both worked for Dutch lender Rabobank.
Friday, November 6th 2015 - 08:40 UTC
Monsanto GM seeds blocked from two Mexican states; consultation with local communities mandatory

Monsanto, the world's largest seed company, has been blocked from planting genetically modified soy seeds in the southern Mexican states of Campeche and Yucatan after the country's Supreme Court granted an injunction against the country’s agriculture ministry, teleSur reported.
Friday, November 6th 2015 - 08:28 UTC
Panama dismantles drug network linking FARC with Mexican cartel

Panamanian officials announced the dismantling of a drug network linking fugitive Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” (Shorty) Guzman's Sinaloa cartel and a Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, front.