Politics

• Thursday, June 7th 2012 - 05:28 UTC

  In anticipation of Rio+20, Brazil creates new nature reserves and closes major land-fill

  

  Brazil announced plans to protect an additional 10 000km² of land and pledged not to let economic woes stop it from implementing other measures to protect the environment.

• Thursday, June 7th 2012 - 05:26 UTC

  JBS to sue Greenpeace on report the meat packer bought cattle bred in de-forested areas

  

  Brazil's JBS, the world's largest meat company, said on Wednesday it would sue environmental organization Greenpeace for what it called false claims that could cause it to lose business and hurt its image.

• Wednesday, June 6th 2012 - 23:40 UTC

  Rousseff signs bill allowing beer sales in stadiums during 2014 World Cup

  

  Brazil president Dilma Rousseff announced Wednesday the government will temporarily shelve a law banning the consumption and sale of beer in stadiums for the duration of the 2014 World Cup.

• Wednesday, June 6th 2012 - 22:59 UTC

  Argentine president pledges to turn her dollar savings into Pesos and urged ministers to follow

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández insisted Wednesday on the need of saving in Pesos instead of US dollars and announced that she would “pesify” her dollar fixed-term bank deposit, urging her ministers to do the same.

• Wednesday, June 6th 2012 - 21:42 UTC

  Billionaire Soros tells EU leaders they have a “three month window” to save the Euro

  

  Billionaire investor George Soros has warned European leaders they have a “three-month window” to save the Euro and insisted that the EU leaders did not understand “the nature of the crisis”.

• Wednesday, June 6th 2012 - 06:36 UTC

  Argentine farmers conflict expands; all trading suspended for a week

  

  Argentine farmers’ organizations under the umbrella grouping Liaison Board announced on Tuesday a national strike cancelling all trade in grains, oilseeds and livestock to protest ‘national government policies’ against the land reform and tax hike in Buenos Aires province, among other issues.

• Wednesday, June 6th 2012 - 06:27 UTC

  Uruguay planning to expand nascent sovereign debt market to improve liquidity

  

  Uruguay wants to expand its nascent local sovereign debt market to improve the liquidity of its securities, said Azucena Arbeleche, the head of the country’s debt management unit at the Ministry of Economy and Finance.

• Wednesday, June 6th 2012 - 04:41 UTC

  OAS calls on Argentina/UK to find peaceful way to solve Malvinas sovereignty dispute

  

  The Organization of American States general assembly, meeting in Tiquipaya, Bolivia, passed a resolution urging the Argentine and British governments to find a peaceful way to solve the Malvinas Islands sovereignty dispute.

• Wednesday, June 6th 2012 - 04:37 UTC

  Queen touched deeply by so many people celebrating together her Diamond Jubilee

  

  The Queen has called her Diamond Jubilee “a humbling experience”, saying she had been “touched deeply” by seeing so many people celebrating together. In a message to the British nation, she thanked all those who organised the events.

• Wednesday, June 6th 2012 - 04:28 UTC

  YPF unveils plan to invest 35bn dollars in five years with he help from partners

  

  Argentina's state-controlled energy company YPF will need to invest 35 billion dollars to boost falling natural gas and oil output by more than a quarter by 2017, the new chief executive said on Tuesday in Buenos Aires.