Stories for May 6th 2008

Tuesday, May 6th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
South Atlantic: Spanish vessel completes fisheries study

The research vessel, the Miguel Oliver, owned by the Spanish Government, completed a fisheries resources study of Patagonian platform international waters on 15 April.
Tuesday, May 6th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Chaiten volcano gives no rest and thickens ash blanket

More than 5 000 people had been evacuated in southern Chile, following the eruption of the Chaiten volcano. On Monday, authorities evacuated the town of Futaleufu, some 60 kilometers from the volcano while the remaining residents of the town of Chaiten had left over the weekend.
Tuesday, May 6th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Regional efforts to solve Bolivia's political impasse

The Organization of American States Secretary General, OAS, Jose Miguel Insulza praised on Monday the Bolivian promoters of the Santa Cruz autonomy referendum for having expressed no secessionists or contrary to law intentions.
Tuesday, May 6th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
World central bankers warn of rising food prices and inflation

European Central Bank President Jean- Claude Trichet, who chaired a meeting of central bankers of the world's leading nations warned on Monday about rising food prices and significant inflationary risks.
Tuesday, May 6th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina supports South American Defence Council

In spite of growing military relations with Washington, Argentina is working closely in South American defense and integration affairs with Brazil with the purpose of “consolidating a regional military line of thinking” in the framework of Mercosur.
Tuesday, May 6th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Uruguay heading for a record export year: 6 billion US dollars

Uruguay's exports increased 59.6% last April compared to the same month a year ago, with the whole expansion for the first four months reaching 44%, according to the latest statistics released by the government funded institution Uruguay XXI.
Tuesday, May 6th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Uruguay rice industry wants to double production

Uruguay, South America's leading exporter of rice and among the world's top eight, traditionally has been forced to sell overseas 95% of its high quality grain given the country's scarce population and low consumption.
Tuesday, May 6th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Oil reaches new highs on supply fears and dollar weakness

The price of a barrel of oil reached Monday above 120 US dollars for the first time, driven by concerns about the situations in Nigeria and northern Iraq. US light sweet crude rose to a record of 120.36 a barrel in morning trading in New York before falling back to a record close of 119.97, up 3.65 over Friday.
Tuesday, May 6th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands trawler in South Georgia icefish survey

The Falkland Island registered trawler “Sil” has been chartered by Government of South Georgia, South Sandwich Islands for a research fishing cruise.
Tuesday, May 6th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Uruguay's April inflation of 0.33% surprises experts

Uruguay's consumer price index, CPI, increased 0.33% in April the best performance so far in 2008 and the lowest since April 1962. This means that CPI in the first four months of the year reached 3.2%, (annualized 9.92%) and below the same period in 2007 (4.98%), according to the latest release from the national Statistics Institute.