MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for April 11th 2007
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Wednesday, April 11th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Emergency plan to preserve Ecuador's Galapagos islands
Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa ordered his cabinet ministers to urgently discuss ways of preventing environmental degradation in Ecuador's famed Galapagos Islands. Correa's suggestions include restricting tourist and residency permits as well as flights to the islands.
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Wednesday, April 11th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Montevideo port intent in attracting Spanish fishing fleet
Uruguay has plans to improve Montevideo port facilities with the purpose of attracting the Spanish fishing fleet operating in the South Atlantic.
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Wednesday, April 11th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina: first hike in gas prices in five years appealed
Argentina's National Ombudsman Eduardo Mondino filed Tuesday an appeal with the courts seeking to stop a retroactive hike in gas prices that the President Nestor Kirchner administration authorized in the province of Buenos Aires.
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Wednesday, April 11th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
China announces plans to overhaul export policies
China's state media announced Wednesday the country's authorities are planning an overhaul of policies favouring the export sector in an effort to rein in its huge trade surplus and reduce tensions with major trading partners.
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Wednesday, April 11th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Fed more worried about inflation than economic weakness
Wall Street declined Wednesday following the release of Federal Reserve minutes from last month's meeting showing policymakers were unanimous in the view that inflation, not economic weakness, was their major worry.
