Stories for May 2008

Monday, May 19th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
“Quantum” yield keep Mercosur/EU trade talks stalled

Mercosur and European Union trade negotiations remain stalled following on Saturday's meeting in Lima according to reports from the Argentine press. Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and the head of the European Commission Jose Manuel Borroso could only agree that it was a discussion with “passion” and if “no country yields, there's no agreement”.
Monday, May 19th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands' loligo squid stocks show healthy status

Another successful Loligo squid season has made history in the Falkland Islands with the total production of almost 25,000 tons of high quality squid. This was despite discouraging prospects previous to the season.
Monday, May 19th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Heart diseases and strokes, world's largest killers

Chronic conditions such as heart disease and stroke have taken over from infectious diseases as diarrhea, HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis as the leading causes of death around the globe, the United Nations World Health Organization, WHO, says in a new report.
Monday, May 19th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Soros forecasts “severe” slowdown in real economy

US, UK citizen, Hungarian born billionaire investor George Soros has given his gloomiest assessment of the state of the US and world economies in an interview with the BBC business editor Robert Peston
Monday, May 19th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil and Argentina warn Bolivian separatist movement

Brazil and Argentina reaffirmed their full support to Bolivia's president Evo Morales stating that trade agreements will only be signed with the Bolivian elected national government.
Monday, May 19th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
FARC Colombia leader rebel urges others to surrender

A day after surrendering to the army, a one-eyed, battle-hardened female rebel commander urged other guerrillas Monday to follow her example and abandon their decades-long struggle
Sunday, May 18th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Uruguayan players miss out on Champions League

Uruguayan International players Luis Suarez and Bruno Silva have expressed their disappointment at missing out on the opportunity to play in next season's Champions League as their team Ajax of Amsterdam surprisingly missed out after a series of play-off games.
Sunday, May 18th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
The Economist's “not so shiny” description of Chile

Long regarded as Latin America's best-governed country, Chile has been tarnished lately by allegations of corruption and the mismanagement of public funds says The Economist under the title “Not so shiny” in its latest edition.
Sunday, May 18th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Good year for business in Latinamerica

Uruguay ranked fourth in the best country in Latin America to do business listing, according to the second annual Latin Business Index from Latin Business Chronicle. The index has Chile again at the top and Venezuela at the bottom of the 19 countries list.
Sunday, May 18th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina insists in Peru on humanitarian flight to Falklands

The Malvinas families' trip to the Falkland Islands for the inauguration of the monument at the Argentine cemetery in Darwin again surfaced during a private meeting of Argentine and British officials last week, in the framework of the European Union/Latinamerican leaders' summit held in Lima, Peru, according to reports in the Argentine press.