Stories for May 2007
Latest News feedFarewell to the new patrol HMS Clyde
MORE than 800 people toured the Royal Navy ship HMS Clyde as it prepared to leave Scotland for the Falklands.
Antarctic krill race continues
The Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries has issued four licences to trawl for krill off Antarctica this week. Two licences were given to Aker Biomarine Antarctic AS, and one each to Ervik Marine Services AS and Krill Seaproducts AS. The fishery will take place in areas controlled by Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR).
Soy boom brings wealth, at a price
Few towns in Paraguay’s impoverished countryside have a stoplight, well-paved roads or a library. This remote farming community has all three, and residents cite one reason: soybeans.
Shipments to Chile resumed
Argentina resumed shipments of crucial natural gas to Chile’s populous central region yesterday, Chilean energy officials said, easing fears that an acute energy shortage could worsen.
Zoellick’s first job, restore confidence
Robert Zoellick has dealt with the Cold War, the killing in Darfur, China’s rise as an economic colossus. His next challenge: to restore confidence at the badly shaken World Bank.
UN report calls for US dollar support to avoid global recession
In order for current world economic growth rates to continue, it is crucial to keep the United States dollar from falling rapidly while also avoiding a recession, says a United Nations report released Wednesday.
Pulp mills dispute: open dialogue but polite disagreement
The second day of Argentine/Uruguayan talks to try to unlock the dispute over the construction of a pulp mill in Uruguay ended as it begun, with each side asserting its position and the commitment to a next meeting in the framework of an “open dialogue” atmosphere.
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Kirchner government: “monumental hypocrites”
The government of Argentina are “monumental hypocrites” regarding their own environmental record and continue to fuel the discord by feeding misinformation about the Botnia pulp mill under construction near the Uruguayan city of Fray Bentos, claims a Canadian environmental scientist in a letter addressed to MercoPress.
Mercosur, “an illusion of integration”; Brazil no longer leads
Latinamerica has never been so divided, Mercosur is but an illusion of integration and Brazil has lost its leadership and convergence capacity according to former Brazilian president Fernando Henrique Cardoso who ruled from 1995 to 2000.
Chile to double financing of Antarctic scientific research
Chile is planning to double Antarctic scientific research funds this coming season 2007/08 revealed this week in Punta Arenas Jose Retamales, director of the Chilean Antarctic Institute.
