MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for April 2008
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Thursday, April 24th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Punta Arenas airport marks record passenger growth
Passenger traffic in Punta Arenas airport, extreme south of Chile, increased 14% during 2007 according to statistics supplied by the head of the air terminal, Juan Carlos Oneto.
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Thursday, April 24th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
UN warns on biodiversity loss impact for medicine
Finding treatments for cancer, thinning bone disease and kidney failure are at risk due to biodiversity loss, a ground-breaking new United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) book cautioned.
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Thursday, April 24th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Poor countries have yet “to benefit from trade liberalization”
Landlocked and least developed countries (LDCs) have been further marginalized as a result of trade liberalization, which has led to increased growth in many parts of the world, a senior United Nations official has said.
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Thursday, April 24th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Paraguay: progressive president and conservative congress
Paraguay's President-elect Fernando Lugo will face a largely conservative Congress that may make carrying out his reforms difficult, according to the vice president-elect Federico Franco.
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Wednesday, April 23rd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Bachelet calls for a regional security and defence policy
Chilean president Michelle Bachelet invited Army chiefs from Mercosur and associate countries to consider the development of a common security and defense policy for Latinamerica.
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Wednesday, April 23rd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentine farmers frustrated with government tactics
Argentine farmers and government officials couldn't reach an agreement Tuesday on wheat taxes triggering fears of a revival of the three week protests which caused food shortages and a major political challenge to the administration of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
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Wednesday, April 23rd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Paramilitary links closer to Colombian president Uribe
In spite of running on a sustained high wave of public opinion support, --the best performance of any leader in the Americas--, Colombia's Alvaro Uribe this week faced a major challenge when his cousin, political ally and former Senator Mario Uribe Escobar was taken into custody for allegedly colluding with rightwing paramilitary groups.
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Wednesday, April 23rd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Rice prices soar on fears Thailand could ban exports
Rice prices have ballooned to fresh heights in Asian trade amid concern that export bans by key producing countries will hit supply. Curbs are in place in India and Vietnam to protect domestic supply and there are fears that Thailand, the world's largest producer, could follow suit.
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Wednesday, April 23rd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Elected Paraguayan president confirms Mercosur membership
Elected president Fernando Lugo, who takes office on August 15, pledged to maintain Paraguay's membership in the Mercosur trade block, which includes Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay, and strengthen integration mechanisms. He also announced he would seek relations with Beijing, currently non existent.
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Wednesday, April 23rd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Illex season to begin in Argentina/Uruguay common fishing zone
The Joint Technical Commission for the Argentine-Uruguay Maritime Front (CTMFM) agreed to open the squid (Illex argentinus) fishery in the bilateral Common Fishing Zone. The resolution was published in Argentina's Official Bulletin of 22 April, and is set to come into force once it is published in Uruguay's Official Bulletin
