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Wednesday, July 21, 2010
| Location: | Chile |
| Category: | Economy And Security, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Earthquake adds to challenges for Pinera |
| Author/Source: | Jude Webber Financial Times |
| Brief: | Sebastian Pinera, the face of Chile's new, respectable right, wants to be a statesman. But four months into his presidency, he looks and sounds more like a businessman on a turnround mission. |
Thursday, July 15, 2010
| Location: | Argentina |
| Category: | Chinese Foreign Policy, Economy And Security |
| Title: | Argentina: China's new Africa? |
| Author/Source: | Jude Webber Financial Times |
| Brief: | Cristina Fernandez, the Argentine president, was hoping to secure a breakthrough on China's ban on Argentine soya oil imports during her trip to Beijing this week. Instead she sealed a $10bn train deal. |
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
| Location: | Argentina |
| Category: | Economy And Security, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | US judge freezes Argentina assets |
| Author/Source: | Jude Webber The Financial Times (UK) |
| Brief: | A US judge has frozen $2.43bn of Argentine assets in the US at the behest of class-action plaintiffs, dealing a blow to Argentina as it hopes to win over creditors holding some $18bn in unpaid debt |
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
| Location: | Argentina |
| Category: | Economy And Security |
| Title: | Argentine consumers struggle with food costs |
| Author/Source: | Jude Webber Financial Times (UK) |
| Brief: | Argentina's official inflation data have lost all credibility since the government began changing key staff and methodology at the national statistics institute. |
Monday, March 1, 2010
| Location: | Chile |
| Category: | Natural Disasters, Public Security |
| Title: | Looting erupts as survivors fight for food |
| Author/Source: | Gideon Long In Santiago, Jude Webber, Daniel Dombey Financial Times (UK) |
| Brief: | Fear turned to desperation yesterday as hundreds of survivors fought over food and water in the cities worst affected by Chile's devastating earthquake. |
Friday, February 19, 2010
| Location: | Argentina |
| Category: | Border Disputes, Europes Role |
| Title: | Tensions rise over Falklands oil exploration |
| Author/Source: | Jude Webber Financial Times (UK) |
| Brief: | Argentina yesterday accused Britain of "whipping up the spectre of war" after Gordon Brown, prime minister, insisted the Falkland Islands were properly protected amid escalating tensions over oil and gas exploration. |
| Location: | Argentina |
| Category: | Economy And Security |
| Title: | Argentina: A profligate president |
| Author/Source: | Jude Webber Financial Times (UK) |
| Brief: | The current central bank crisis, entirely self-inflicted, blew up at about the most embarrassing moment for the government. |
Friday, February 12, 2010
| Location: | Argentina |
| Category: | Diplomatic Relations, Energy, Europes Role |
| Title: | Ship cargo halted in Falklands oil dispute |
| Author/Source: | Jude Webber, George Parker Financial Times (UK) |
| Brief: | In an opening salvo to what threatens to be a bitter diplomatic battle over oil and gas exploration around the Falklands, Argentina has prevented a ship from loading a cargo of pipelines. |
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
| Location: | Chile |
| Category: | Politics And Security |
| Title: | Chile’s Pinera unveils 'cabinet of unity’ |
| Author/Source: | Jude Webber Financial Times (UK) |
| Brief: | Sebastian Pinera unveiled what he called a "cabinet of unity" including business leaders, one opposition figure and a respected economist to head the finance ministry. |
Thursday, February 4, 2010
| Location: | Argentina |
| Category: | Economy And Security, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Argentina president picks ally to head bank |
| Author/Source: | Jude Webber, George Parker, Alex Parker Financial Times (UK) |
| Brief: | Mercedes Marco del Pont, who had been head of the state-run Banco de la Nacion, takes the helm amid growing expectations in financial markets and among opposition politicians that the government will now dilute the autonomy of the institution. |
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
| Location: | Argentina |
| Category: | Border Disputes, Energy |
| Title: | Falklands drilling for oil angers Argentina |
| Author/Source: | Jude Webber Financial Times (UK) |
| Brief: | Argentina yesterday summoned the British ambassador in Buenos Aires to issue a "vehement protest" about the imminent start of drilling for oil and gas around the disputed British-ruled Falkland islands. |
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
| Location: | Argentina |
| Category: | Economy And Security, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Two presidents fight for control of Argentina's central bank |
| Author/Source: | Jude Webber Financial Times (UK) |
| Brief: | Will the real president of Argentina's central bank please step forward. |
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
| Location: | Chile |
| Category: | Elections, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Chile's tycoon president turns first to his housekeeping |
| Author/Source: | Jude Webber Financial Times (UK) |
| Brief: | Mr Pinera beat Eduardo Frei, a former leftwing president, by 51.6 per cent to 48.39 per cent in Sunday's run-off |
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
| Location: | Argentina |
| Category: | Economy And Security, U.S. Policy |
| Title: | NY judge freezes Argentine assets held by Fed |
| Author/Source: | Jude Webber Financial Times (UK) |
| Brief: | Federal Judge Thomas Griesa's embargo order is part of long-running legal action by the holders of bonds still unpaid since Argentina's $100bn default in 2001 in their bid to recover their assets |