Stories for April 2008

Sunday, April 6th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands' dairy doubles herd; makes yogurt & Che cheese

At the Falkland Islands Stanley Dairy, progress can be measured by the time spent milking the cows. Two years ago when New Zealander Kevin Reynolds arrived with his family to take on the business, his day began before 6am and milking could take anything up to two hours, depending on the mood of the equipment and the 14 cows.
Sunday, April 6th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina tightening poaching control in South Atlantic

Argentina is beefing up patrolling in the South Atlantic to catch poachers and prevent the 201 mile plus “hundreds of vessels” from intruding into Argentine waters, report two journalists from Clarín who were invited on board a coast guard vessel on duty in the zone.
Saturday, April 5th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Malvinas veterans demand identification of comrades' remains

A group of Malvinas veterans who last week on the anniversary of the beginning of the conflict visited the Falkland Islands, called on the Argentine government for the identification of all combatants buried in the Argentine cemetery at Darwin, reports the Buenos Aires press.
Saturday, April 5th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Bs As. received 185.000 cruise visitors this season

Royal Caribbean “Splendour of the Seas” with 800 passengers and a crew of 760 left Buenos Aires this week officially ending another successful cruise season which attracted 185.000 visitors who spent an estimated 110 million US dollars in Argentina's capital.
Saturday, April 5th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Chile and Argentina launch Cruz del Sur Joint Peace Force

The Joint Chiefs of Staff from the combined Argentine Chilean Peace Force, Cruz del Sur (Southern Cross) was officially imposed this week in Santiago and described as “another landmark” in the bilateral relation of the neighboring countries.
Saturday, April 5th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Brown and Bachelet call for a “new progressive agenda”

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Chilean president Michelle Bachelet underlined on Friday the urgent need for “a new progressive agenda” to tackle global issues such as climate change, globalization, poverty and inequality in the developing world.
Saturday, April 5th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Bachelet meets Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle

“Chilean British relations are excellent” said President Michelle Bachelet following the half hour private meeting on Friday with Queen Elizabeth II in Windsor Castle. Ms Bachelet is on an official visit to Britain that includes her participation in a political conference of centre left leaders hosted by Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Saturday, April 5th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Petrobras plans drilling off shore Mar del Plata in 2010

Brazil's government managed oil corporation Petrobras Energia announced the investment of 2.4 billion US dollars in hydrocarbons exploration and exploitation in Argentina in the next four years.
Saturday, April 5th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Unemployment in the US jumps to 5.1% in March

Unite States employers shed 80.000 jobs in March, Labor Department figures have shown, in the latest sign that the US economy may be falling into recession. The decline was the third monthly drop in succession, and worse than market expectations of a 60,000 reduction.
Friday, April 4th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Colombian rebels demand a major exchange of prisoners

A leader of Colombia's rebel group FARC ruled out the release of a high profile seriously ill French-Colombian hostage, (“she will remain in our camps”), unless there is a major prisoner exchange. The statement cast doubt on a French humanitarian mission sent to treat her.