Stories for March 2007

Monday, March 19th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
China's Yuan upward march against US dollar

China's Yuan climbed to the strongest since a fixed exchange rate was scrapped in 2005 on speculation China's central bank will seek a stronger currency to slow the economy, after raising interest rates.
Monday, March 19th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
South Georgia incident anticipated Falklands' war

A note demanding Argentina remove its flag from the United Kingdom territory of South Georgia - ahead of the Falkland Islands conflict - is to go on public display at the National Army Museum reports BBC.
Sunday, March 18th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
“Mummy's War” on Falkland's conflict ready to be aired

Carol Thatcher's “Mummy's War”, a documentary on the 1982 Falkland Islands war will be aired next week in London, it was announced by the European press.
Saturday, March 17th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Drastic measures in Chile for common hake conservation

Chile decided the implementation of a conservation and recovery plan for (hubbsi) common hake following a survey which warns about the species “conservation high risk” and particularly the threat to “future renewal” in the country's main fisheries.
Friday, March 16th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Al Jazeera to join media invasion of Falkland Islands

With some days to go to the 25th anniversary of the invasion of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) by Argentine forces on 2nd April 1982 and even longer to the anniversary of their liberation by British forces, the journalistic invasion of the archipelago continues to grow with each of the weekly arrivals of the LAN flight from Santiago, Chile or the British Forces air bridge direct from leafy Oxfordshire, in England.
Friday, March 16th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Collapse of Varig makes Brazil loose half a million tourists

The collapse of Brazil's flag carrier Varig last year caused a significant fall in the number of foreign tourists visiting Brazil in 2006 revealed a top official from the Ministry of Tourism in Rio do Janeiro.
Friday, March 16th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
“Consumer demand strong” in spite of slow housing market

Former U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said on Thursday that there is not yet any evidence that the slowing US housing market has negatively impacted on the wider economy.
Friday, March 16th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Paraguayan president praises Chavez, lashes out at Bush

Paraguayan President Nicanor Duarte lashed out at his US counterpart George W. Bush for failing to contribute to development in poor countries, and hailed Hugo Chávez' Venezuela as a country “with an overdose of democracy.”
Friday, March 16th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Venezuelan financial support to region exceeds US aid

Venezuelan financial aid to Latin America has surpassed U.S. commitments in the region, President Hugo Chavez said Wednesday, shortly after President Bush completed a tour seen by some as an attempt to curtail Chavez's spreading influence in the region.
Friday, March 16th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil builds wall to stop smuggling from Paraguay

In contrast to pledges of lowering Mercosur barriers for junior members (Paraguay and Uruguay), Brazil confirmed the construction of a steel and concrete wall along the Paraguayan border to help combat contraband in the Triple frontier area where Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay meet.