Stories for March 2008

Monday, March 10th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Chilean salmon industry faces new challenge

An association of 16 fishermen groups from Chilean Patagonia is calling on President Michelle Bachelet to freeze expansion of Chile's lucrative but environmentally-suspect farmed salmon industry.
Sunday, March 9th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Chavez “happy” wirh regional summit and urges Latam unity

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said the “happy” end to the regional crisis with Colombia should boost unity in Latin America.
Sunday, March 9th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Spain: 35 m. voters decide between Zapatero & Rajoy

Polls have opened in Spain as the country's 35 million eligible voters decide whether to return the ruling Socialists to power.
Sunday, March 9th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Obama wins Wyoming Democratic caucus with 59% of the vote

Barack Obama on Saturday night comfortably won caucuses in the western US state of Wyoming, as the Illinois senator sought to regain momentum in the race for the Democratic nomination after defeats to rival Hillary Clinton in Texas and Ohio last week.
Sunday, March 9th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands “flurry of interest” in illex licences similar 2006

FORTY illex licenses have been taken up so far and there has been a recent “flurry of interest”, the Falkland Islands Director of Fisheries has reported.
Sunday, March 9th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
NZ company buys Chile's largest farm in 80 million dollars

A New Zealander company called Manuka has finalized a deal to buy most of Hacienda Rupanco, Chile's largest farm.
Sunday, March 9th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
As tensions ease, Chavez reopens embassy in Colombia

Venezuela said Sunday that it is reopening its embassy in Colombia and will allow back Colombian diplomats expelled last week by President Hugo Chavez in a crisis sparked by a cross-border Colombian attack on rebels in Ecuador.
Saturday, March 8th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Andean countries shake hands; hope for hostages' release

The presidents of Ecuador, Venezuela and Colombia shook hands on Friday at the Rio Group regional summit, marking the end of a diplomatic crisis in the Andean region and the opening of a fresh start in an area plagued by irregular forces.

The crisis had been triggered by a cross-border raid by Colombian troops into Ecuador to attack FARC rebels and kill their number two leader.
Saturday, March 8th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil's independence bicentennial launched in Rio do Janeiro

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva inaugurated Friday an exhibition at Rio's Historical Museum, “New World, New Empire,” and met visiting Portuguese President Anibal Antonio Cavaco Silva marking the beginning of the country's bicentennial celebrations.
Saturday, March 8th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Margaret Thatcher in hospital and in stable condition

Former British Primer Minister Baroness Thatcher, 82, is said to be in a stable condition after being admitted to hospital for medical tests. A spokeswoman for St Thomas's Hospital in London said she was expected to stay in on Friday night under observation.