Friday 27th January, 2012

• Bollywood tests Latin American waters with 'Guzaarish'

  Argentina News.Net

  Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai starrer 'Guzaarish' - meaning 'request' in English - is set for a Peru release in February this year, as Bollywood looks towards newer markets. 'Guzaarish' deals ...

• Mexico rolls out supercomputer

  Argentina News.Net

  Mexican scientists inaugurated Latin America's No. 2 supercomputer by size and speed, with the ability to process 24.9 trillion operations per second, authorities said. The computer, along with ...

• S.Am Supports Argentina in Falkland Cause

  Prensa Latina

  7 de enero de 2012, 12:42 Buenos Aires, Jan 27 (Prensa Latina) Argentina has support, without duality, from the South American countries to claim for the sovereignty of the Falkland (Malvinas) ...

• PARLATINO President Extols Latin America Unity in Spain

  Prensa Latina

  Madrid, Jan 27 (Prensa Latina) Latin America will become the great new economic, political and social bloc of the century, stated Rodrigo Cabezas, president of the Latin American Parliament ...

• Argentine sentenced in Bolivia bribery scandal

  Miami Herald

  Two north Florida businessmen have been sentenced for the roles in a kickback scheme that landed the state's former corrections chief in ...

• Latin American Markets: Mexican stocks fall after lackluster U.S. GDP

  CBS Marketwatch

  LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Stocks in Mexico slipped Friday and appeared set to cap a weekly loss after the country's largest trading partner said quarterly growth had expanded at a slower ...

• Argentine president to visit Brazil

  People's Daily

  Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff will meet on Friday her Argentine counterpart Cristina Kirchner for talks on enhanced bilateral cooperation, Brazilian authorities said Wednesday.The ...

• Falklands/Malvinas, From Rhetoric to Pressure

  IPS

  BUENOS AIRES, Jan 27, 2012 (IPS) - Although the latest rhetoric seems to signal a hardening of the historical sovereignty dispute between Argentina and Britain over the Malvinas/Falkland Islands, ...

• Buenos Aires hits back at Cameron "colonialism" accusation

  General Sources

  The Argentine Senate's foreign relations committee lambasted David Cameron, the prime minister, for making accusations of "colonialism" over renewed claims on the Falklands in a ...

• Ex-diplomat: US knew about Argentina baby thefts

  CBS News

  (AP) BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - A former U.S. diplomat testified Thursday that American officials knew Argentina's military regime was taking babies from dead or jailed dissidents during its ...

• Messi pledges Argentine pride

  soccerway

  Lionel Messi has admitted he has been hurt by claims that he does not care about playing for his country as much as he does for his club. Lionel Messi has admitted he has been hurt by claims that ...

• Argentina weather could drive CORN prices higher

  Nasdaq

  Corn has been in a steady climb since last week Thursday as traders focus on a stretch of dry weather in Argentina.  Commodity traders are concern that drought in Argentina, one of the ...

• 'UK fears dialog over Malvinas'

  General Sources

  Argentina's Senate has condemned British Prime Minister David Cameron for referring to Buenos Aires' desire to reclaim the Malvinas (Falkland) Islands as 'colonization.' The ...

• Argentina name eight of men's basketball squad

  General Sources

  BUENOS AIRES, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Argentina, Olympic gold medal winners in Athens in 2004, have named eight of their 12 players for this year’s London Games. San Antonio Spurs guard Manu ...

• Moody’s raises Uruguay’s credit rating to Ba1, one level below investment grade

  Merco Press

  Uruguay’s credit-rating outlook was raised on Thursday to positive by Moody’s Investors Service, which cited the government’s commitment to keeping its budget deficit in ...

• US was aware of Argentine military “systematic plan to steal babies born in captivity”

  Merco Press

  The administration of US President Ronald Reagan was aware of the "planned" stealing of babies born in captivity from jailed political prisoners, during the Argentine military dictatorship ...

• Argentina promises soft credits for farmers to help address drought consequences

  Merco Press

  The Argentine government agreed with the main farmers’ organizations to grant credits equivalent to 530 million dollars to help combat the drought that affects a large portion of the country ...

• Greenpeace claims CFK is ‘ill-advised’ regarding Malvinas environmental claims

  Merco Press

  The Argentine chapter of Greenpeace suggested President Cristina Fernandez, CFK, is ‘ill-advised’ when she claimed on Wednesday no environmental group has criticized what is "going ...

• 5 clues to what 2012 holds for Latin America's economy

  Christian Science Monitor

  IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde (r.) speaks during a news conference as Brazil's Economic Minister Guido Mantega looks on in Brasilia, Brazil, in this Dec. 1, 2011 file photo. Lagarde ...

• Argentina President has cancer, will have surgery

  Kuwait Times

  Published Date: December 29, 2011 BUENOS AIRES: Argentina's President Cristina Kirchner has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer and will undergo surgery next week, two months after being ...

• Ex-US diplomat testifies in Argentine baby thefts

  The Miami Herald

  Back from exile, former strongman Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier lives in a villa in the hills above Haiti's capital. His son serves as a consultant to the country's new ...

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