MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for July 17th 2008
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Thursday, July 17th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Mercosur and EU planning post-Doha trade negotiations
Mercosur and the European Union could resume trade talks in two months time because “we're interested in having an open discussion next September or October” according to the EU commissioner for Latinamerica Stefano Saninno who this week visited Buenos Aires.
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Thursday, July 17th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Uruguay, 2007 Latam tourism receipts growth champ
Panama continues to be the fastest-growing tourism market in Latin America, but Uruguay is the winner when it comes to growth in receipts. Meanwhile, the Dominican Republic is the country with the region's highest receipts as a percentage of GDP, according to a Latin Business Chronicle analysis of new data from the World Tourism Organization.
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Thursday, July 17th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentine Senate knocks out Kirchners farm export tax
After a dramatic 18hrs session senators tied 36 to 36 in two votes on the measure. Julio Cobos, the vice-president voted against the proposal, breaking the tie. The bill was approved by the lower house of Congress on July 5.
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Thursday, July 17th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Promising discovery of diamonds in north-east Paraguay
Ten diamonds ranging in size from 0.002 to 0.04 carats have been discovered in the north east of landlocked Paraguay, reported Latin American Minerals Inc., a mineral exploration company focused on the acquisition and development of properties of highly prospective countries of the region.
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Thursday, July 17th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil and Colombia agree to joint Amazon border surveillance
A defense agreement to share military information, technology, training, intelligence, weapons procurement and joint exercises will be signed this weekend between Brazil and Colombia when President Lula da Silva arrives for two-day talks with his counterpart Alvaro Uribe.
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Thursday, July 17th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentine government takes over Aerolineas
Argentina announced Thursday it had reached an agreement with the Spanish group Marsans for the transfer of the country's main airline Aerolíenas Argentinas and its subsidiary Austral to the Argentine state.
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Thursday, July 17th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Englishwoman death in Argentina reaches House of Commons
The mysterious death in Argentina of a young Englishwoman in October of last year has reached the floor of the British House of Commons with her family's MP questioning a junior Foreign Office minister about the adequacy of the support received by the deceased woman's family from the British Embassy in Buenos Aires and questioning the return of her body to the UK without its organs.
