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Articole din Iulie 2010

• US reverses decision and extends visa to leading Colombian journalist
  
  (29.07.2010 ora 05:07)
  
  The United States State Department has reversed its decision to deny a visa to a leading Colombian journalist to take up a prestigious fellowship position.
  
  
• Chile and Bolivia jointly celebrate mine-clearance in border areas
  
  (29.07.2010 ora 04:07)
  
  Chile and Bolivian Defence ministers and Army commanders will be meeting Thursday to sign documents declaring Fields free of mines, the border areas of Tambo Quemado 1 and Tambo Quemado 2 along their common border which until only recently were planted with thousands of...
  
  
• India wants to “deepen and expand” trade accords with Mercosur
  
  (29.07.2010 ora 04:07)
  
  The Indian ambassador to Argentina Rengaraj Viswanathan said his country, currently the fourth largest economy in the world, is looking to "deepen and expand" its accords with the Mercosur and highlighted that Indian businessmen "use Argentina as a platform" to access...
  
  
• Mujica and CFK announce agreement to jointly monitor the River Uruguay
  
  (29.07.2010 ora 03:07)
  
  Uruguay and Argentina finally reached on Wednesday an agreement for the joint monitoring of the River Uruguay which should end the long-standing dispute over the construction of the Finnish UPM/Botnia pulp mill dating back to 2005.
  
  
• Chilean fruit industry compensates smaller shipments with higher global prices
  
  (28.07.2010 ora 20:07)
  
  Despite sharp declines in the volume of exported fruits during the 2009-2010 season Chile’s fruit industry managed to offset those losses because of higher prices paid in foreign markets.
  
  
• Venezuela’s Chavez confirms participation of Mercosur summit in Argentina
  
  (28.07.2010 ora 20:07)
  
  Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez office has confirmed he will be participating of the coming Mercosur presidential summit scheduled for next August 3 in San Juan, north of Argentina when the rotating chair of the block will be passing from Buenos Aires to Brasilia.
  
  
• Brazilian military exercise to protect nuclear plants and vast offshore oil deposits
  
  (28.07.2010 ora 20:07)
  
  Brazil is holding military exercises along its Atlantic coast with the deployment of 10.000 troops from the three services to ensure the country can protect its nuclear plants and massive offshore oil industry.
  
  
• Venezuela: only a “political negotiation” can end 60 years of violence in Colombia
  
  (28.07.2010 ora 09:07)
  
  Venezuela’ Foreign Affairs minister Nicolás Maduro revealed to Paraguayan officials that his country would be proposing in the coming Unasur meeting a “political negotiation” to end decades of political violence in Colombia.
  
  
• Mujica/Mrs. Kirchner summit: River Uruguay waters are choppier than expected
  
  (28.07.2010 ora 09:07)
  
  Uruguayan president Jose Mujica will be meeting with his peer Cristina Kirchner Wednesday in Buenos Aires in what seems an attempt to unbind differences relative to the joint monitoring of the river Uruguay, particularly the Finnish pulp mill UPM/Botnia which is at the...
  
  
• LAN Chile’s passenger and cargo businesses grow 24.5% and 60.3%
  
  (28.07.2010 ora 09:07)
  
  LAN Airlines, Chile’s flag carrier second-quarter net profit jumped to 60.6 million US dollars in line with market expectations, from 4.2 million USD a year earlier, the flagship carrier reported Tuesday.
  
  
• Uribe rejects any “peace dialogue” with guerrillas; ‘no repeat of that mistake’
  
  (28.07.2010 ora 05:07)
  
  Outgoing Colombian president Alvaro Uribe criticized Tuesday the possibilities of a peace proposal with the Colombian guerrilla groups FARC and ELN and emphasized that Colombia will not fall into the trap of “internationalizing dialogue”.
  
  
• Argos Resources raised £ 22 million for hydrocarbons exploration in Falklands
  
  (28.07.2010 ora 02:07)
  
  Argos Resources with exploration licences in the North Falkland Basin expects its shares to be admitted to trading on AIM on Thursday 29 July. Argos Resources has raised £22 million (£20.6 million net of costs) in a placing of new ordinary shares at 31 pence per share...
  
  
• Latam’s India challenge: market for commodities, but manufacturing competitor
  
  (28.07.2010 ora 02:07)
  
  India could become a fast-growing market for Latin American and Caribbean commodities but governments in this region must foster closer ties with the 1.1 billion population giant and reduce trade costs to tap into that opportunity, according to a new study by the...
  
  
• EU population reaches 500 million, with strong boost from net migration
  
  (27.07.2010 ora 23:07)
  
  The population in the European Union (EU) rose to over 500 million this year, official figures released by the EU statistics office Eurostat on Tuesday showed.
  
  
• Ecuador moves to increase state control over the oil industry
  
  (27.07.2010 ora 23:07)
  
  OPEC member Ecuador says it will start renegotiating contracts with private oil companies as it moves to increase state control over the sector. Under the new hydrocarbons law, the current production-sharing agreements will be replaced by a flat fee.
  
  
• Paraguay downplays derogatory references from Brazilian politicians
  
  (27.07.2010 ora 23:07)
  
  Paraguayan officials downplayed statements by Brazil’s main opposition presidential candidate Jose Serra who said that Brazil is doing “philanthropy with Paraguay and Bolivia”.
  
  
• Colombia/Venezuela conflict: Kirchner meets president-elect Santos
  
  (27.07.2010 ora 07:07)
  
  Unasur (Union of South American Nations) chairman Nestor Kirchner confirmed Monday ongoing contacts at different levels to try and defuse the Colombia/Venezuela conflict.
  
  
• Chile, Peru and Colombia, trade platform for China in South America
  
  (27.07.2010 ora 07:07)
  
  Colombia, Chile and Peru are increasingly the platform for South American trade with China, according to official statistics. The three countries have China as one of the largest and most dynamic trade partners and are working on a common strategy for further...
  
  
• US District Judge rules in favor of Argentina against ‘vulture funds’
  
  (27.07.2010 ora 05:07)
  
  Argentina won a court decision that keeps so-called vulture funds with demands against the country from gaining possession of bonds held in a Buenos Aires government trust account.
  
  
• Soy-oil: Argentina hopeful India will replace China as main client
  
  (27.07.2010 ora 05:07)
  
  India could become the main buyer of Argentine soybean oil according to Industry Minister Deborah Giorgi. The official made the announcement following a meeting on Monday with Indian in Buenos Aires Rengaraj Viswanathan.
  
  
• Barack administration breaks deporting records: 400.000 in 2010
  
  (27.07.2010 ora 05:07)
  
  The administration of President Barack Obama is deporting undocumented immigrants in unprecedented numbers and has intensified inspections in hundreds of companies that appealed to “illegal cheap labour”, according to The Washington Post.
  
  
• Uruguay/Argentina agree water-monitoring negotiations are “not blocked”
  
  (27.07.2010 ora 05:07)
  
  Discussions for the joint monitoring of the River Uruguay with Argentina are “not blocked” and “we have a very strong commitment with the on-going negotiations” said Uruguayan Foreign Affairs minister Luis Almagro following Monday morning’s ministerial cabinet...
  
  
• Indians seize controversial dam under construction in Brazil’s Amazon jungle
  
  (27.07.2010 ora 01:07)
  
  A group of about 300 Indians from 11 different groups on Sunday seized a controversial dam that is under construction in Brazil’s Amazon jungle and took about 100 workers hostage, officials said.
  
  
• Cuban reforms “step by step” at the “rhythm we determine” says Castro regime
  
  (27.07.2010 ora 01:07)
  
  The Cuban leadership on the 57th anniversary of the revolution said that economic reforms will take place “step by step, at the pace we determine” and certainly not “by campaigns from the foreign press”.
  
  
• U2 and Bono scheduled to perform in Santiago de Chile March 2011
  
  (26.07.2010 ora 23:07)
  
  Chileans will have a chance to see U2 in concert, as the popular Irish rock band, headed by singer Bono, plans to perform in Santiago in March 2011 as a part of its 360 Tour. It will be the band’s third show in Chile.