Stories for August 21st 2010
More government land to Cuban small farmers to help boost food production
The Cuban government has awarded in usufruct over a million hectares to small farmers one of the main reforms promoted by President Raúl Castro to help the country’s economy recover from its deep recession and cut the huge imported food bill that conditions Cuban international reserves.
Argentine economy expanding at 9% with strong activity in all sectors
Argentine economic activity surged 11.1% in June over a year ago which means GDP in the first seven months of 2010 expanded 9%, according to figures released by the country’s National Statistics Institute, Indec.
Austerity measures to balance the budget, if Dilma is Brazil’s next president
Brazil's ruling coalition candidate could adopt austerity measures to balance public accounts if elected president in October and also favours a heavier state hand in the oil and mining industries, her party chief told reporters.
Argentine farmers demand regulations limiting foreign ownership of land
The number of land in the hands of foreigners in Argentina has almost tripled in the last 10 years, a phenomenon that is spreading to areas that are rich in natural resources and that is affecting small towns that are finding themselves enclosed within the domains of large landholders.
Lula da Silva recommends Dilma to think and act as the “mother of the poor”
President Lula da Silva compared candidate Dilma Rousseff to a mother and recommended, if elected, to always think about the poor. Lula da Silva and Ms Rousseff participated in a political rally Friday night in the metropolitan Sao Paulo.
Chile questioned over slow implementation of Indigenous Peoples convention
International Labour Organization (ILO) Standards Director Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry is meeting in the Chilean city of Temuco this week with Araucanía Region (IX) officials to discuss the lack of progress in implementing the ILO’s Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention.
