Economy

• Thursday, January 3rd 2013 - 06:16 UTC

  Chile becomes the sixth country to ban Brazilian beef because of atypical BSE

  

  Chile joined five other countries that have banned imports of Brazilian beef, since a case of atypical mad cow disease was confirmed last month, Brazil's foreign trade secretary Tatiana Prazeres said on Wednesday.

• Thursday, January 3rd 2013 - 06:02 UTC

  Record purchase of US dollars to keep Uruguayan Peso from further appreciation

  

  Uruguay’s Central bank on Wednesday made its largest purchase of US dollars on record totalling 120 million dollars following on the bank’s monetary committee decision in the last week of 2012 to increase the basic rate to 9.25% as the country struggles to contain inflation.

• Thursday, January 3rd 2013 - 00:40 UTC

  Uruguayan president believes Argentine economy “can’t remain closed much longer”

  

  President Jose Mujica anticipated that the Argentine economy can’t remain ‘closed for much more time’ (protectionist) and forecasted that 2013 will be a ‘clear year’ for Uruguay regarding economic issues.

• Thursday, January 3rd 2013 - 00:20 UTC

  Poor performance of Brazilian economy last year: estimates average 0.98% growth

  

  Economists cut their estimates for economic growth in Brazil to 0.98% this year, a central bank survey showed, highlighting the sharp slowdown of an economy that just a couple of years ago was an emerging market star.

• Thursday, January 3rd 2013 - 00:16 UTC

  EU investing heavily to prevent African swine fever spreading from Russia

  

  The European Union will invest €1.4 million to control African swine fever on the Italian island of Sardinia in 2013. The island is the only place in the EU where African Swine Fever (ASF) is still present.

• Thursday, January 3rd 2013 - 00:09 UTC

  Ovine Brucellosis spreading throughout Australia’s Northern Territory

  

  Recent positive tests, and ongoing concerns that Ovine Brucellosis is spreading throughout Australia, has prompted the country’s Livestock Health and Pest Authorities (LHPA) to encourage all sheep producers to test their rams for ovine brucellosis.

• Thursday, January 3rd 2013 - 00:03 UTC

  Inter-American convention against corruption analyzes six countries

  

  The Organization of American States (OAS) has begun the process of analyzing a new group of countries - Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, Panama, Uruguay, and Venezuela - as part of the Fourth Round of the Mechanism for Follow-Up on the Implementation of the Inter-American Convention against Corruption (MESICIC) of the OAS.

• Wednesday, January 2nd 2013 - 23:53 UTC

  Money timidly returning to Spain after 14 months of sustained outflows

  

  Foreign investors put more money into Spain in October than they took out, marking the second month running the country has benefited from an influx of capital. Spain registered capital inflow of 12.1 billion Euros in October, the Bank of Spain said on Friday. The figure, which excludes central bank operations, was lower than the 31 billion Euros of inflow in September.

• Wednesday, January 2nd 2013 - 23:39 UTC

  Markets rally on fiscal cliff agreement but a second chapter waits in February

  

  Global stock markets have rallied after a short-term deal to stave off the US “fiscal cliff” was reached. In New York, the Dow Jones closed up 2.4%, while European shares were up about 2% for the day.

• Saturday, December 29th 2012 - 15:34 UTC

  The spirit and roots of the Falklands in “Our Islands, Our History”

  

  The Falkland Islands Government announced the completion of the booklet “Our Islands, Our History”. The booklet provides a succinct and accessible summary of the key aspects of the history of the Falkland Islands, and of the people whose determination and character have forged them to a democratic, prosperous and dynamic community.