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Stories for February 2008

  • Friday, February 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    US Congress extends Andean countries trade preferences

    The United States Senate voted Thursday to extend expiring trade preferences that allow Colombia, Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia to send most products to the U.S. duty-free. The ten month extension, through the end of 2008, was approved without objection.

  • Friday, February 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    Canadians investing heavily in Argentine uranium exploration

    Canada's Blue Sky Uranium Corp. announced that it has entered into a Letter of Agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of Argentina Uranium Corp., thereby gaining control of over 500,000 hectare uranium land package in Argentina.

  • Friday, February 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    Chile preparing for energy rationing: voltage reduced 10%

    Marcelo Tokman, Chile's Energy Minister.

    The specter of energy shortages in Chile reared its head again this week, as the Ministry of Economy released a short-term plan to confront the country's increasingly perilous energy scenario, particularly the prospect of electricity rationing, which the government last instituted in 1998. The order contains 30 points that intend to help Chile's electricity providers to operate responsibly in the coming year.

  • Friday, February 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    Bad-news inflation as US economy sharp slowdown confirmed

    Bush:  “concerned about the economy”

    United States economic growth fell sharply in the last three months of 2007 as the credit crunch took effect and spending on new housing slumped, revised figures released Thursday show.

  • Friday, February 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    Bernanke anticipates small bank failures linked to mortgages

    Fed chairman Ben Bernanke

    Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said on Thursday that small US banks are likely to fail in the months ahead as the housing slump takes its toll. Bernanke also warned that the US is currently facing a more difficult situation than in the aftermath of the dotcom bust in 2001.

  • Friday, February 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News update

    Healines: In the drink; Cheap flights for vets; Planning for Argentine visit; Budget deliberations out in the open?; Desire announces farm-in deal; Foreign Affairs committee here next month; Corinthian II leads week of cruising.

  • Friday, February 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    Raul Castro's Cuba signs binding human rights covenants

    Cuba signed on Thursday two legally binding human rights agreements at the United Nations in New York just days after Raul Castro was sworn in as the new president. The covenants - part of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights - commit Cuba to freedom of expression and association, and the right to travel, which Fidel Castro long opposed.

  • Friday, February 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    The Botnia pulp mill dispute illustrates failure of Mercosur

    So much for the announcement, but even if the events were not to be held, the mere planning of the gatherings should help reveal the depth of the failure of Mercosur, as an ambitious vision, and the absence of Argentina's foreign policy for its national borders.

  • Friday, February 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    US nuclear carrier in exercise with Brazil and Argentine navies

    Carrier USS George Washington

    Nuclear aircraft carrier USS George Washington, one of the world's most impressive man-o-war and three other US Navy units will be participating in joint exercises with the navies from Brazil and Argentina along the coast of Rio do Janeiro, reports Correio Braziliense Friday edition.

  • Friday, February 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    Argentina plans LNG import by sea to face winter shortage

    LGN carrier

    Argentina is planning to import, by sea, liquid gas, LNG, in the coming months in an effort to anticipate and contain a repeat of past winters shortages, reports the Friday edition of the Buenos Aires press.

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