Stories for 2007

Friday, February 9th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Argentina's January basic food basket index up 2.95%

Argentina's basic food basket consumed by the average family jumped 2.59% last January over December, which is more than double the official consumer prices index for the first month of 2007.
Friday, February 9th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
G 7 Ministers address world financial markets' stability

Europe's concern with the stability of world financial markets is one of the main issues to be addressed by the seven most industrialized countries Finance ministers meeting, G-7, which is meeting in Germany and will see China participate for the first time in the main debates.
Friday, February 9th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Penguin News Weekly Update

Headlines: Are you being served? Police court saga over at last; Titterington returns to AG's Chambers; Chevening scholars to visit; A serene start to the weekend.
Friday, February 9th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Growing mineral exports boost Peruvian economy

Peru's Central Bank raised the country's economic growth forecast for 2007 from 5.7 to 6.8%, following a 7.9% expansion in 2006, which was the highest since 1995.
Friday, February 9th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Argentina's unemployment drops below two digits

Unemployment in Argentina for the first time in thirteen years dropped below two digits to 8.7% in the last quarter of 2006 according to Senator and First Lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner currently visiting France.
Friday, February 9th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
UNESCO offers help to rebuild Valparaiso historical centre

The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) offered Chile assistance in repairing damage caused by the fire that destroyed part of the historical centre of the port city of Valparaiso last week, killing several people.
Friday, February 9th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Argentina mired by populism and lack of leaders' elites

President Nestor Kirchner administration is unfailingly heading towards populism and the accumulation of so much power in two or three people plus having the Executive control the other branches of government is highly negative for Argentina, said French political scientist Alain Touraine.
Friday, February 9th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Nordkapp en route to Buenos Aires; “no traces of pollution”

The Norwegian flagged Nordkapp which ran aground in the South Shetlands Islands at the end of January has caused no environmental damage and “no traces of pollution have been found at or around Deception Island” according to a release from the Norwegian Coastal Voyage cruise company.
Friday, February 9th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Brazil and US to boost regional ethanol industry

Ahead of US President George Bush's visit, Brazil announced plans to invest almost 5 billion US dollars over the next 10 years into biotechnology research involving renewable energy, agriculture and rain forest pharmaceuticals.
Thursday, February 8th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Caribbean islands tourism: a new form of the plantation system?

The notion of a racial divide in the Caribbean tourism industry is a problem that dare not speak its name. It creates discomfort among many of the expatriate hotel owners and managers, and governments are fearful of dealing with it.