Stories for October 2007

Thursday, October 11th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina military running short of officers and servicemen

Low unemployment, poor salaries and an overall political hostility climate towards the military in recent years have combined to see the Argentine Armed Forces recruitment fall drastically.
Wednesday, October 10th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Riots caused Spanish fishing companies EUR 100 million losses

Xunta de Galicia authorities disclosed that the four Galician owned companies located in southern Argentina that were attacked by fishery workers in the midst of violent riots, have not yet recovered labour-wise or economically.
Wednesday, October 10th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Rice defends free trade pacts with Latam countries

United States Congress would deliver a “great blow” to Peru, Panama and Colombia, as well as damage U.S. interests in Latin America, if it fails to pass free-trade agreements with the three countries, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Tuesday.
Wednesday, October 10th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Argentine anti pulp mill activists marches banned in Uruguay

Uruguay will ban Argentine activists who oppose a pulp mill in Fray Bentos, from marching or organizing concentrations so as to avoid provocations, announced Minister of Interior Daisy Tourné.
Wednesday, October 10th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
600,000 Skiers on Chile's slopes this season

This past winter's unusually cold weather in Chile's central valley had at least one benefit – the mountains were covered in snow, attracting some 600,000 skiers and snowboarders. This figure represents an 11 percent increase compared to the previous season when 522,000 visitors hit the slopes.
Tuesday, October 9th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Copper at its highest in 41 years and keeps rising

Current boom copper demand has catapulted the value of the metal to its highest price in more than 40 years. The Chilean Copper Commission reported that the average copper price through September this reached 3.27 US dollar per pound, highest average price since 1966, when the commodity averaged US$3.63 for the year.
Tuesday, October 9th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
UN court awards Honduras sovereignty of disputes cays

The United Nations International Court of Justice (ICJ) awarded Honduras sovereignty over four cays in the Caribbean Sea and delineated its maritime boundary with Nicaragua as part of a ruling on the long-running border dispute between the two Central American countries.
Tuesday, October 9th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Financial support for British farmers hit by FMD restrictions

British farmers affected by current restrictions on the movement of animals imposed following the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, FMD, are to be given a multi-million-pound package of support.
Tuesday, October 9th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Banco del Sur will be launched on November in Caracas

Seven South American countries agreed to establish Banco del Sur, a regional development bank championed by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, in an effort to expand regional trade and growth with their own resources.
Tuesday, October 9th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Bachelet opens Latam-European social forum in Chile

President Michelle Bachelet opened the 8th annual Biarritz Forum Monday with a speech urging unity across Chile's social and political sectors. The President welcomed business leaders and government officials from across Latin America and Europe to the annual conference, held this year at the Casa de Piedra in Santiago's Vitacura borough.