Lawyer Enrique Bruchou represents Ecuadorean Amazon tribes and villagers An Ecuadorean court last year ordered Chevron Corp to pay the enormous sum for contamination of watersheds over nearly 30 years that the plaintiffs say sickened indigenous tribes people and farmers in the Ecuadorean Amazon. Chevron has refused Read more [...]

MINING FINANCE / INVESTMENT Goldcorp has been creeping up on Barrick Gold for years, but this week was the first time the smaller producer surpassed the leading gold miner in terms of market capitalization. Author: Julie Gordon Posted: Thursday , 08 Nov 2012 TORONTO (Reuters) -  Goldcorp Inc briefly surpassed Barrick Gold Corp to become the world's biggest gold miner by market capitalization this week, Read more [...]

SAO PAULO (AP) — The Truth Commission investigating human rights abuses committed by Brazil's former dictatorship will also look into the role Catholic and evangelical churches played during the 1964-1985 military government. Established last year by President Dilma Rousseff, the commission will investigate whether pro-dictatorship clergy committed human rights abuses or supported members of the military responsible for such abuses. Rousseff herself is a former leftist guerrilla who was imprisoned Read more [...]

Enlarge Image Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina plays a return to David Ferrer of Spain during their singles tennis match at the ATP World Tour Finals in London Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Sang Tan) LONDON - Roger Federer opened his quest for a seventh season-ending tour title looking like the man to beat — Read more [...]

11/07/2012| 08:26am US/Eastern By Shane Romig BUENOS AIRES--State-run oil and gas producer YPF SA (YPF, YPFD.BA) saw its profits during the third quarter plunge 51% on the year to ARS756 million ($159 million), the company reported Wednesday. Profit during the quarter was affected by the booking of a deferred tax during the quarter that diminished the result by ARS408 million, YPF said in an exchange filing. YPF also announced a dividend of ARS303 million to be paid on Nov. 19. Read more [...]

Evenbase now has activity in 55 countries. “Workana does indeed provide Evenbase with a foothold in Latin America, but regional capabilities alone do not interest us. What really caught our eye was the global potential of their model,” said chief executive Keith Potts.  Buenos Aires-based Workana launched in April. Available in English, Portuguese and Spanish, 600 projects have already been posted on the website, attracting an average of 20 bids from among the 20,000 workers using it. Read more [...]

FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi from Argentina, left, hold the European Golden Boot 2012 award for best European goalscorer of the 2011-2012 season and Xavi Hernandez holds the Spain's prestigious Asturias prize before a Spanish La Liga soccer match a at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)ZURICH - Spain extended its stay atop the FIFA rankings on Wednesday as No. 3 Argentina strengthened its claim as South America's best team. World Cup and European Read more [...]

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Skipper backs Turnbull as he takes on Lydiate’s role 7:00am Wednesday 7th November 2012 in Sport By Chris Kirwan BIG CHANCE: Wales have gone with Scarlet Josh Turnbull on the blindside Read more [...]

General News of Wednesday, 7 November 2012 Source: GNA Email this Share This Facebook Twitter reddit Google Bookmarks del.icio.us StumbleUpon Newsvine livejournal Mixx it! Print This Comments (0) « PrevNext » Mr Emmanuel A. Mensah, Vice President of International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), has called for a timely resolution of the stalemate leading to the Read more [...]