Stories for January 26th 2010
Falkland Islands Tourist Board Facebook page reaches 1,600 fans
The official Facebook page for the Falkland Islands has attracted over 1,600 fans in its first five months.
Argentina rejects UK protest and territorial pretensions over the Falklands
Argentina officially rejected Monday the United Kingdom’s protest against a bill which includes as Argentine territory the Falklands/Malvinas islands and other insular territories in the South Atlantic, according to a release in Buenos Aires from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Buenos Aires real estate market recovering from worst year in a decade
The metropolitan Buenos Aires real estate market closed 2009 as the worst in the last ten years with the number of registered sales below the 2001 level. The good news however is that for the first time since the last quarter of 2008, December registered the first year-on-year advance.
Indian commander celebrates 60th Republic Day in the Falklands
Commander Dilip Donde, the first Indian attempting a solo circumnavigation voyage of the earth, will celebrate on Tuesday India’s 60th Republic Day by unfurling the national flag on his yacht, INSV Mhadei, docked at Port Stanley in the Falklands Islands, nearly 13,000 km from his homeland, according to reports in the Mumbai press
Over five million Brazilians learning Spanish: the goal 41 million
Over five million Brazilians are learning Spanish, according to the latest edition from Spain’s Cervantes Institute, “2009 Memory: Spanish language in the world”. This compares favourably with the one million registered in 2006, and covers the different levels of education in Brazil from primary school to university.
Bill Gates anticipates long recovery from recession and budget must be balanced
The world's richest man Bill Gates said on Monday the US economy could take years to recover from recession and predicted taxes will have to rise to bring the federal budget into balance.
Mujica expects a solution to pulp mill conflict with Argentina by next March
Uruguay’s president-elect Jose Mujica said that the long standing conflict over the Botnia pulp mill, which has soured relations with neighbouring Argentina, will inevitably be solved but he will only be meeting with Argentine authorities and not with the pickets who are blocking bridges leading to Uruguay.
Haiti’s aid and reconstruction plan main challenge: a legacy of failures
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper speaking at the International Conference on Haiti taking place in Montreal conceded Monday that countries are in for a decade of “hard work” to rebuild earthquake-shattered Haiti.
Redrado barred from Argentine Central Bank, the dispute moves to Congress
Police stopped the head of Argentina's central bank from entering the bank on Sunday evening, hours after he vowed to stay in his job despite a court ruling that the government said meant he had to step down.
