MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for May 10th 2008
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Saturday, May 10th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina's inflation is April doubles the Kirchner's index
The April Consumer Prices Index, CPI, in Argentina registered a 0.8% increase according to an official release from the questioned Statistics and Census Office, Indec. The index is half what private analysts were estimating and is bound to re-ignite the controversy about the alleged manipulation of Indec by the Kirchners' administrations.
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Saturday, May 10th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
“Foreign Press Association of New York celebrates 90 years”
The Foreign Press Association of New York, the oldest media organization in the United States, is celebrating its 90th Anniversary this year with Carl Bernstein as the keynote speaker at a gala dinner to be held on May 13 at the Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan.
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Saturday, May 10th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Salmon and livestock removed from Chaiten volcano range
Chile will begin moving 3.5 million salmon from farms in the range of the Chaitén volcano that has been erupting for over a week and spewing ashes as far as Buenos Aires, Santiago and the South Atlantic.
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Saturday, May 10th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentine farmers lobbying governors to join struggle
Argentine striking farmers completed the second day of their renewed protest with an open meeting in one of the country's northern provinces warning that the country is beginning to feel recession symptoms because of the stoppage, while from Buenos Aires the Kirchners administration continued with their verbal attack calling them greedy and irresponsible.
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Saturday, May 10th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Falkland Islands: Protegat on fishery patrol soon
AN end is in sight to the certification and compliance issues the new fishery patrol vessel Protegat is facing, the Director of Fisheries has said.
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Saturday, May 10th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Madrid “certain” Odyssey treasure is Spanish
Spanish experts who analysed samples of the controversial treasure raised by Odyssey Marine Exploration last summer have concluded that it came from a Spanish galleon. At a press conference in the Ministry of Culture in Madrid yesterday, Spain's US lawyer, James Goold, said Spain was “absolutely certain” that the treasure came from the 19th century warship Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes.
