International

• Friday, September 6th 2013 - 02:25 UTC

  Malvinas/Gibraltar has ‘enormous similarities’ and Spain could vote jointly with Argentina

  

  Spain could vote jointly with Argentina resolutions on Gibraltar and the Malvinas Islands in international forums, although with some reserves, admitted Spanish Foreign minister Jose Manuel Garcia Margallo during his visit to Uruguay.

• Friday, September 6th 2013 - 02:09 UTC

  Air Canada transfers 15 Embraer 175 to low cost Sky Regional

  

  Air Canada said that it has successfully completed the transfer of all 15 of its Embraer 175 aircraft, the smallest jet aircraft in Air Canada's fleet, to Sky Regional to operate the aircraft on behalf of Air Canada under the capacity purchase agreement between the parties. Sky Regional now operates 20 aircraft on behalf of Air Canada, under this agreement.

• Friday, September 6th 2013 - 02:06 UTC

  Pacific Alliance again shows its trade growth muscle in 2012

  

  The Alliance of the Pacific, Chile, Peru, Colombia and Mexico, has again given evidence of its potential in Latinamerica: total exports in 2012 reached 556 billion dollars and imports 551 billion, which means the four countries consolidated concentrate 50% of the continent’s foreign trade.

• Friday, September 6th 2013 - 01:52 UTC

  Repsol expands gas production in Bolivia to supply growing Argentine demand

  

  Spain’s Repsol inaugurated on Thursday, a month before schedule, a new module of its gas processing plant in Margarita in the south of Bolivia which will allow the company in three weeks, to significantly increase its production and delivery to Argentina, its main client.

• Friday, September 6th 2013 - 01:42 UTC

  Debt-struck Madrid believes its modest budget will end hosting the 2020 Olympics

  

  Debt-struck Madrid is betting its penny-pinching bid to host the Olympics in 2020 will reap rich economic dividends for recession-hit Spain. The Spanish capital is banking on a low-cost 5 billion dollars Olympic bid that relies heavily on existing stadiums to surprise Tokyo and Istanbul when Olympic chiefs make their decision in Buenos Aires on Saturday.

• Friday, September 6th 2013 - 01:30 UTC

  “Go ask Obama why US refuses to support Argentina in dispute with vulture funds”

  

  President Cristina Fernández spoke out against the US refusal to discuss Argentina’s dispute with the so-called ‘vulture funds’, (and its inclusion in the final declaration) during the G-20 meeting in Moscow, Russia.

• Friday, September 6th 2013 - 01:17 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez meets WTO chief and blasts world powers ‘protectionism’

  

  With a busy agenda prior to her G20 Summit address, Argentine President Cristina Fernández renewed her criticism of so called world powers’ “protectionism” and warned about a “crisis of the multilateral system” both in the economic and political arenas.

• Friday, September 6th 2013 - 00:57 UTC

  FAO food price index drops for fourth month running; abundant cereal crops

  

  FAO Food Price Index dropped for the fourth month in a row in August reaching its lowest level since June 2012. The index, which measures the monthly change in the international prices of a basket of food commodities, averaged 201.8 points in August 2013, nearly 4 points (1.9%) below its July value and 11 points (5.1% less than in August 2012.

• Friday, September 6th 2013 - 00:39 UTC

  ECB ready to cut rates or pump more money to help sustain Euro-zone recovery

  

  The European Central Bank said it was ready to cut interest rates or pump more money into the Euro zone economy if necessary to bring money market rates down and help the Euro zone's economic recovery. ECB chief Mario Draghi said the policymaking Governing Council did discuss a possible rate cut at its monthly meeting, partly due to concern about money market rates and the uncertain “very green” nature of the recovery.

• Friday, September 6th 2013 - 00:26 UTC

  UK minister says Gibraltar dispute ‘could cloud bilateral relationship with Spain’

  

  Britain’s relationship with Spain could be damaged by the ongoing dispute over Gibraltar, Europe Minister David Lidington warned. Lidington told the Financial Times there was a danger the row would overshadow all other parts of the Anglo-Spanish relationship. “There is clearly a risk that this will cloud the bilateral relationship,” he said.