Stories for February 22nd 2005
Project to confirm Magallanes Lamb quality.
Chile's Agriculture Sciences Institute, INIA, and Punta Arenas main abattoir, Frigorifico Simunovic are involved in a seven months project to assess the nutritional quality and content of Magallanes Region lamb.
Sweeping reforms in Argentine airports security.
The Argentine government is planning a new security agency to man the country's airports following the recent drug traffic scandal at Buenos Aires main international terminal, Ezeiza.
Kirchner optimistic with defaulted bonds exchange
Argentine president Nestor Kirchner “kindly” called on all creditors of the country's defaulted sovereign debt to remember that this week is the last chance to accept the exchange for new bonds.
Avian Cholera to blame for South Georgia penguin deaths.
THE deaths of hundreds of Chinstrap penguins at Cooper Bay, South Georgia late last year have been blamed on Avian Cholera (Pasturella multocida), a bacterium that has previously been identified in the Antarctic and other sub-Antarctic islands.
Argentina arrests second squid poacher in a week.
Headlines:
Argentine Coast Guard arrests second Taiwanese poacher; Invasive oyster threatens Gulf of San Matias; Santa Cruz shrimp fishery opens March 1.
