South America Business News

Vale seeks 20% iron ore price rise from China

ft.com     9 hrs ago   8 related          

By Patti Waldmeir in Shanghai, Javier Blas in London and Song Jung-a in Seoul Vale of Brazil, the world’s largest iron ore producer, is pressuring Chinese steelmakers to pay as much as 20 per cent more for their contracted...                    

Armed soldiers force Tory MP to eat coffee whitener... because they thought he was Colombian...

dailymail.co.uk     7 hrs ago   14 related          

When Colombian soldiers found a jar of white powder in Tory MP Michael Fabricant's rucksack, it caused quite a stir. Michael Fabricant MP who was forced to eat handfuls of coffee whitener in the jungle in Colombia when...                    

The Guardian and Observer guides to wine: Part 1: Reds: Victoria Moore on why she loves wine

guardian.co.uk     4 hrs ago   1 related          

Sadly, the 60s semi in which I grew up had no ancestral cellar. Wine drinking also had a vestigial aura of elitism, a hangover from hundreds of years of class distinctions that even extended to what people put in a glass...                    

Full House in Brazil – When the Key to the Door of an Apartment Just Won’t Do

freepressreleases.co.uk     3 hrs ago          

Few would argue that Pipa Beach is northeast Brazil’s pick of the bunch, but some would prefer to set their sights higher than a pocket-money priced off-plan apartment and take the plunge on a key-ready, private luxury...                    

Brazil's Vale to spend $479 million on Peru mine

iht.com     5 hrs ago   3 related          

Brazil's Vale to spend $479 million on Peru mine : Brazilian mining company Vale broke ground Friday on a US$479 million phosphate mine in Peru, becoming the second Brazilian company to announce a major investment there...                    

India signs ‘historic’ pact with Colombia

hindu.com     6 hrs ago   2 related          

To set up a joint working group OVL seeks more oil blocks in Colombia NEW DELHI: Seeking to expand its wings to new territories, India on Friday inked a ‘historic’ agreement with oil rich Colombia for cooperation in the...                    

Analysts: Argentina airline takeover drains cash

iht.com     5 hrs ago   10 related          

Argentina's nationalization of a struggling, Spanish-owned airline brings costly responsibilities that could drain public resources and force fare hikes unless oil prices fall, analysts said Friday. Argentina's Senate this...                    

Bolivian opposition organizing "civil coup": president (AFP)

yahoo.com     6 hrs ago          

LA PAZ (AFP) - Rebel governors in the east of Bolivia are mounting a "civil coup" against the government, President Evo Morales has charged, as a political crisis gripping the country edged closer to confrontation. Two...                    

PARAGUAY-BRAZIL: Lugo to Seek New Terms for Itaipú Dam

ipsnews.net     1 hr ago          

RIO DE JANEIRO, Sep 5 (IPS) - Paraguay’s new government wants to increase ninefold the revenues the country takes in from the sale of its share of the energy generated by the Itaipú hydroelectric dam, which it runs jointly...                    

COLOMBIA: Oil Palms, Right Abuses Hand in Hand in Northwest

ipsnews.net     57 mins ago          

BOGOTA, , Sep 5 (IPS) - As of this week, there is one less human rights defender in the northwestern Colombian region of Bajo Atrato. Jimmy Jansasoy of the Inter-Church Justice and Peace Commission was forced to flee the...                    

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