Politics

Thursday, May 17th 2012 - 21:19 UTC
Tax-info-exchange accord could see middle-class Argentines abandon Uruguayan banks

The recent tax-info exchange agreement reached between Argentina and Uruguay will make many investors in the Uruguayan financial system take their deposits back to “safes” or “mattresses” in Argentina, warned several economists during a conference on the Argentine economy prospects and its influence on neighbouring Uruguay.
Thursday, May 17th 2012 - 11:52 UTC
Argentine provinces face less revenue and higher rates because of YPF seizure

Argentine provinces are falling back in paying salaries and honouring debts as they face a shortage of cash and almost record rates for issuing bonds in money markets, reports Buenos Aires financial press.
Thursday, May 17th 2012 - 11:29 UTC
Falklands recover 370 hectares of Stanley Common made minefields in 1982 by Argentine forces

Thirty years after the end of the Falkland Islands conflict, 370 hectares of Stanley Common south of Sapper Hill recently cleared by BACTEC (mine action and bomb disposal specialists), have been opened to the public, reports the Penguin News.
Thursday, May 17th 2012 - 11:27 UTC
The name HMS Dauntless is no newcomer for the Falkland Islands

In anticipation of the imminent arrival in the Falkland Islands of the Royal Navy’s Type 45 destroyer HMS Dauntless, local historian and author John Allan writes that her predecessor was posted to the Islands in the 1930s.
Thursday, May 17th 2012 - 10:35 UTC
Raul Castro daughter’s expected at US university for a lecture on sexology

President Raúl Castro's daughter is scheduled to visit California next week to speak at a conference of experts on Latin America during a rare US trip by a member of Cuba's ruling family.
Thursday, May 17th 2012 - 10:30 UTC
Thousands of students take to the streets of Santiago calling for a fairer and quality education

Tens of thousands of students demonstrated on the streets of Chile's capital Wednesday seeking an overhaul of what they call one of the world's priciest and most unfair educational systems.
Thursday, May 17th 2012 - 10:17 UTC
Argentina en route to become the “Greece of Latin America” claim Chilean exporters

Argentina could rapidly become the “Greece of Latin America” given the trade restrictions it has imposed born out of the lack of sufficient hard currency to face its international commitments, according to Chile’s Manufacturing and Services Exporters Association, Roberto Fantuzzi.
Wednesday, May 16th 2012 - 22:15 UTC
Following electoral disaster, Merkel fires federal Environment minister

German Chancellor Angela Merkel fired Norbert Roettgen, the federal Environment minister who led her Christian Democratic Union to its worst-ever result in an election in Germany’s most populous state.
Wednesday, May 16th 2012 - 21:58 UTC
State-controlled YPF wants to keep its ADS listed in the New York exchange

Argentine state-controlled energy company YPF said it risks having its American Depositary Shares (ADS) de-listed by the New York Stock Exchange since it is not complying with all regulatory requirements.
Wednesday, May 16th 2012 - 21:34 UTC
Indian oil and gas company desists from Falklands’ exploration partnership

After having to abandon its oil and gas assets quest in Vietnam off the South China Sea India has asked ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL) not to go ahead with its acquisition of hydrocarbon assets located in deep water in Falkland Islands