Stories for April 26th 2007
“Special emphasis” at UN on Falklands' dispute promises Argentina
Argentina will display a “special emphasis” in the world's multilateral space in defense of the Argentine claim over the Islas Malvinas sovereignty announced on Wednesday designate ambassador before United Nations, Jorge Argüello.
Argentina: Junta pardons 'unconstitutional'
A federal appeals court yesterday overturned pardons for former dictators Jorge Videla and Eduardo Massera, saying they must return to prison to serve their life terms for crimes against humanity
British support to replace Argentina's stricken “Irizar”
Britain has offered Argentina support for its Antarctic operations following the recent fire that broke out in icebreaker “Almirante Irizar” and which could force the vessel out of action for almost two years.
Uruguay/US trade and investment talks in Washington
Uruguay and United States resumed on Thursday trade and investment talks in Washington with the purpose of increasing bilateral exchanges. Uruguay is targeting an increase in its current 20.000 tons of beef quota, free of tariffs, and the opening of the US market for lamb and mutton.
Shannon: “Ecuador is looking for a way to perfect its democracy”
United States Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Thomas A. Shannon spoke on a wide range of Latin American issues Wednesday during a round-table discussion with journalists at the U.S. Embassy in Santiago.
It's important to understand “Venezuela before and after Chavez”
Brazil's president Lula da Silva said on Thursday he believes in the ”existence of a South American spirit but not in Chavism (from Venezuelan president Chavez)“. However he admitted it's important to understand Venezuela, ”before and after Chavez”.
Chile: unemployment drops to 6.7%; Punta Arenas 2.7%
Unemployment in Chile during the first quarter of 2007 was 6.7%, which is higher than the previous quarter, 6.4%, but considerably less than a year ago, 8.35%, according to the latest release from the Statistics Institute, INE. Punta Arenas in the extreme south of the country has one of the lowest rates with 2.7%.
Developing countries split over agriculture in Geneva WTO talks
Differences emerged this week in Geneva between developing countries over a key issue in World Trade Organization (WTO) agriculture talks: basically the degree to which poorer food importing countries can protect their farmers in any eventual tariff-cutting WTO deal by designating certain products as “special.”
