Stories for August 6th 2007

Monday, August 6th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Argentine: Port of Mar del Plata returns to normal

The port of Mar del Plata, in the Province of Buenos Aires, began to recover its normal momentum after a 10-day blockade. Once the workers accepted the entrepreneurs' proposal on a guaranteed minimum wage and their legalised situation within a 100-day period, the fish skinning workers finally lifted their strike, and the sector's activity has resumed.
Monday, August 6th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Chavez blames U.S. for blocking Venezuela's Mercosur bid

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday accused the United States of undermining the country's efforts to join the South American trade bloc Mercosur.
Monday, August 6th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil's Silva tours Latam nations to develop biofuel

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva began a six-day, five-nation tour Sunday to develop energy and biofuel agreements in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Monday, August 6th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
UK: House prices 'to soar by 40% and will reach £300,000'

The cost of an average home in England is set to soar by 40% during the coming five years, to break through the £300,000 barrier by 2012, a report has warned.
Monday, August 6th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil airports have a new chief after deadliest crash

The head of Brazil's airports authority has been replaced in the wake of the country's worst air crash last month.
Monday, August 6th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands: Loligo season underway with modest catches

THE loligo season has commenced with modest catches, Director of Fisheries, John Barton said when reporting to the Fisheries Committee last week.
Monday, August 6th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil's Petrobras wants to sell gas to Chile

The Brazilian gas company Petrobras wants to export Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) to the Chilean market.
Monday, August 6th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
UK Probes Laboratory as Source for Foot-and-Mouth Outbreak

U.K. health and safety authorities extended their investigation into a vaccine laboratory southwest of London owned by Merck and Sanofi-Aventis as a possible source of foot-and-mouth disease after cattle became infected at a farm near the site. Merial Animal Health said that so far no breach in its procedures had been discovered.
Monday, August 6th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Argentine Jewish community rejects Chavez visit

Representatives from the Argentine Jewish community expressed their “rejection and shame” over this Monday's visit of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez who has strong political ties with Iran that has forecasted the destruction of Israel and is allegedly linked to a deadly attack on a 1994 Buenos Aires Jewish community center.
Monday, August 6th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Latin America's richest man is worth 67.8 billion US dollars

Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim, who is estimated by some calculations to be the world's richest man, said that he shook aside those comments and was more interested in making his business life compatible with his family and personal life.