Stories for February 2008

Sunday, February 24th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands: Mine clearance is 'out of our hands'

ALTHOUGH Falklands people would rather see the mines laid by Argentine Forces in 1982 left in place and the proposed funding for removing them used on more urgent places in the world, it is “not that simple,” Councillor Summers has said.
Sunday, February 24th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Regional summit anticipates energy shortage next winter

In spite of the smiles and pictures the Buenos Aires presidential summit of leaders from Argentina, Brazil and Bolivia could not agree on a way out to the energy and distribution situation that threatens the three countries this coming winter and apparently could only be solved in the mid term.
Sunday, February 24th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
President Raul Castro names hard liner to cover his back

Raul Castro was unanimously selected Sunday by Cuba's National Assembly as president succeeding his ailing brother Fidel who stepped down last week after nearly half a century in charge.
Saturday, February 23rd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Castro back on stage to call for changeÃ¢€Â¦in the US

Fidel Castro strongly criticized United States calls for change in Cuba, following his resignation earlier this week as president more than 49 years after seizing power. In a column published Friday Castro rejects US President Bush's assertion that the resignation could put Cuba on the path to democracy.
Saturday, February 23rd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina, Brazil to build joint uranium enrichment plant

In a declaration spanning energy, transport and space satellite cooperation, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and visiting Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil, instructed their governments to begin negotiations over the next 120 days toward creating the binational commission.
Saturday, February 23rd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Marine Harvest lay-offs deepen salmon farming sector crisis

Directors at Marine Harvest in Chile, the largest salmon producer in the world, will begin to lay off nearly 1,200 workers in June to compensate for financial losses incurred as a result of an infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) viral outbreaks that took place is some of its production sites.
Friday, February 22nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
The Argentine airline with no planes and which never flew

A fraud case involving an airline with managers, pilots, stewardesses, cabin crew, mechanics, ground crew, even a passengers complaint office butÃ¢€Â¦which has never taken off nor does it have aircrafts was filed Thursday at the office of an Argentine federal prosecutor in Buenos Aires.
Friday, February 22nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina and Bolivia tighten yellow fever controls

Argentina and Bolivia have taken further steps to prevent the spread of the mosquito transmitted yellow fever outbreak in neighboring Paraguay which so far has caused at least seven confirmed deaths, another 39 almost certain cases and an overall atmosphere of panic in the country with people in urban areas desperate to be vaccinated.
Friday, February 22nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil makes history: first time ever net foreign creditor

Brazil which for decades was the world's largest emerging-market debtor became a net foreign creditor for the first time in January according to a report released Thursday by the Central Bank in Brasilia.
Friday, February 22nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Arab-South American support for Argentine Malvinas claim

Foreign ministers and envoys from South American and Arab countries meeting in Buenos Aires vowed Thursday to increase cooperation and trade, while pledging to bolster Middle East security.