Politics

• Friday, May 10th 2013 - 06:44 UTC

  Brazil reports great interest in the coming 11th bidding hydrocarbons round

  

  The director of Brazil's Agencia Nacional do Petroleo (ANP) reports significant interest from operators in Brazil's upcoming 11th bidding round as the country pursues its plans to double its oil and natural gas production. The bidding round is the first since December 2008 and the first under the nation's new hydrocarbon law.

• Friday, May 10th 2013 - 06:37 UTC

  Isle of Man and Argentina conclude tax information exchange agreement

  

  The Isle of Man concluded a Tax Information Exchange Agreement with Argentina on 14 December 2012 and on January this year the Embassy in London confirmed that Argentina had completed its ratification procedures in relation to the agreement.

• Friday, May 10th 2013 - 06:30 UTC

  Stubbornly high inflation in Uruguay for another two years forecasts Capital Economics

  

  Uruguay’s stubbornly high inflation is as much structural in nature as it is due cyclical factors and to bring it down requires changes in fiscal policy, tackling widespread salary indexation and policymakers need to enhance their credibility according to Capital Economics.

• Friday, May 10th 2013 - 06:26 UTC

  Chinese Vice-president in Argentina to strengthen long-term strategic partnership

  

  China is determined to advance in mutually beneficial cooperation with Argentina visiting Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao said on his arrival on Thursday to Buenos Aires. He underlined that the new Chinese leadership will continue to perceive and develop bilateral relations from a long-term strategic perspective.

• Friday, May 10th 2013 - 06:17 UTC

  Brazil and Argentina agree to jointly build two nuclear research reactors

  

  Atomic power agencies from Brazil and Argentina signed an agreement to build two nuclear reactors for research and production of radioisotopes, according to the Ministry of Science and Technology (MCT).

• Friday, May 10th 2013 - 06:10 UTC

  Repsol first quarter profits jumped 38% on the year mainly on higher production

  

  Spains’s Repsol SA said on Thursday its first-quarter profit jumped 38% on the year, mainly due to higher production and refining margins.

• Friday, May 10th 2013 - 06:05 UTC

  Peru promoting Unasur summit to address Venezuela’s political situation

  

  Peru which currently holds the chair of Unasur, Union of South American Nations is promoting a new meeting of country members’ heads of state to address the political situation in Venezuela, Foreign minister Rafael Roncagliolo said on Thursday.

• Friday, May 10th 2013 - 03:32 UTC

  Global Road Safety Week: over 23.00 pedestrians killed yearly in Latin America and the Caribbean

  

  More than 23,500 pedestrians were killed on the roads in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2010, making pedestrians the most vulnerable group of road users in the region.

• Thursday, May 9th 2013 - 22:52 UTC

  Argentina formalized next October mid-term elections; voting age down to 16 for the first time

  

  Argentina formalized on Thursday the call for this year's primary and legislative elections which will be held on 11 August and 27 October respectively and will see Argentines aged 16 vote for the first time.

• Thursday, May 9th 2013 - 05:25 UTC

  Maduro says he is a ‘Kirchnerite president’ and Venezuela’s ‘second Peronist president’

  

  President Nicolas Maduro said he was a ‘Kirchnerite president’ and the ‘second Peronist president’ of Venezuela during a political rally with Argentine trade unions and militant groups in a packed Buenos Aires stadium to recall the figures of the deceased Hugo Chavez and Nestor Kirchner.