Stories for July 2007
Latest News feed“It’s essential” that Mexico joins Mercosur says Kirchner
Argentina’s President Nestor Kirchner said Monday “it’s essential” that Mexico joins the Mercosur trade bloc. Kirchner is on a three-day trip to Mexico with his wife and presidential candidate Senator Cristina Fernandez to sign accords with President Felipe Calderon to deepen trade and investment between the two countries.
Air traffic on the rise: 1.800 new aircrafts in next 18 months
Air traffic results for the first six months of the year expanded 6.3% in year-on-year international passenger demand, slightly higher than the 5.9% full-year rise recorded for the year 2006, according to the latest report from the International Air Transport Association, IATA
Brazilean Air Force blames Airbus for Sao Paulo’s tragedy
Brazil’s Air Force directly blamed Airbus for the recent tragedy in the Sao Paulo Congonhas airport which killed 200 people.
Latinamerica energy future is promising but autarchic
Latinamerica is set to invest 267 billion US dollars in energy projects in the next two decades according to the United Nations Economic Committee for Latinamerica and the Caribbean, CEPAL.
New attempt by China to cool the economy (and trade partners)
For a sixth time this year China tightened credit on Monday in a new effort to cool its roaring economy, ordering banks to shrink the pool of money for lending by increasing their reserves.
Magallanes children among the most obese of Chile
According to a survey carried out by the Chilean Association of School Assistance and Scholarships (Junaeb) 19.4% of Chileans between the ages 9 and 11, are obese. This is particularly severe in the extreme south of the country where it affects 25% of children.
Uruguay has 3.8 cattle per capita, highest in the world
Uruguay currently has a cattle herd of 12 million head with beef becoming the main export commodity of the country, over a billion US dollars last year. Based on this it can be said that Uruguay is the country with the highest number of cattle per capita, 3.8.
Paraguay: ministerial change but economic policy confirmed
Paraguay’s president Nicanor Duarte Frutos announced the naming of a new Finance minister following the unexpected resignation for “strictly personal reasons” of Ernst Bergen who had been on the job for 26 months.
Relocating pulp mill objected by Argentina is “impossible”
The relocation of the pulp mill under construction in Uruguay, and which Argentina objects on legal and environmental grounds, is “impossible” said Uruguay’s former president Jorge Batlle in an interview with the Buenos Aires press.
Opinion polls show Cristina K comfortably winning in October
Argentina’s First Lady Cristiana Kirchner is set to win the coming October presidential election in the first round with no need of a run off, according to public opinion polls published in Buenos Aires daily Sunday editions.
