International

Saturday, August 11th 2012 - 11:38 UTC
Peru will host leaders’ summit of Arab and South America countries in October

Peru will be hosting next October the III Summit of heads of state and government from South America and Arab nations which is expected to bring together 32 countries, according to Deputy Foreign Affairs minister Jose Beraún.
Saturday, August 11th 2012 - 11:11 UTC
UK minister swims in tank of sharks to highlight campaign against ‘finning’

UK Fisheries minister Richard Benyon has been swimming with sharks to highlight his desire to tighten the European ban on “finning”. Mr Benyon took the plunge into a tank of sharks at Sealife London Aquarium to launch a Shark Trust initiative calling for support to close loopholes in the EU ban on slicing off shark fins and discarding the bodies at sea.
Saturday, August 11th 2012 - 11:03 UTC
China only interested in commodities, not in products that reach supermarkets

Trade with China for Argentina has great opportunities but also great threats because the Asian giant is only interested in produce with no added value, warned the head of Argentina’s Industrial Union, Ignacio De Mendiguren.
Saturday, August 11th 2012 - 10:56 UTC
Bill Gates finances research project to improve corn yields

Billionaire computer magnate Bill Gates is to fund a €8m research project into whether cereal crops can be genetically engineered with nitrogen-fixing bacteria.
Saturday, August 11th 2012 - 10:36 UTC
Bad day for vulture fund that was after 100 million dollars from Congo

Britain’s Privy Council has ruled that a “vulture fund” cannot collect 100 million dollars from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Newsnight revealed last year that old Congo debts had been illegally sold to FG Hemisphere for 3 million and the fund had then sued in Jersey where they were awarded 100 million.
Saturday, August 11th 2012 - 10:28 UTC
“Amazonas”, first of three ocean patrol vessels built for Brazil leaves UK

Amazonas, the first of three BAE Systems built Ocean Patrol Vessels being delivered the Brazilian Navy, departed the UK for Rio de Janeiro this week after her crew completed a rigorous program of Flag Officer Sea Training with the Royal Navy off the South coast of England
Saturday, August 11th 2012 - 10:23 UTC
Brazil signs contract for the purchase of wheeled armour personnel carriers

The Brazilian Army and Iveco signed this week a contract for the purchase of 86 VBTP MR wheeled armoured personnel carriers known as Guarani. President of Iveco Latin America, Marco Mazzu, said that he was proud to participate in the “renaissance of the defence industry in Brazil”.
Saturday, August 11th 2012 - 10:13 UTC
Attractiveness Survey shows foreign investors remain with great interest in Brazil

A stable economy, a burgeoning domestic market and huge untapped reserves of natural resources have led foreign investors to become increasingly interested in Brazil as an investment destination although there are challenges to sustaining this attractiveness according to Ernst & Young's first annual Brazilian Attractiveness Survey.
Friday, August 10th 2012 - 19:52 UTC
Olympics Excitement in the Falkland Islands

The visit of one of the 8000 London 2012 Olympic torches to the Falklands has added to the excitement felt in the Islands for the London Olympics.
Friday, August 10th 2012 - 08:27 UTC
Toyota opens third plant in Brazil and announces engine plant

Toyota from Japan has inaugurated its third plant in Brazil that aims to produce 70,000 cars a year. The facility, located 90 kilometres west of Sao Paulo in Sorocaba, will begin producing Etios compact cars next month, with engines imported from Japan.