MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for October 17th 2008
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Friday, October 17th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Chilean Tierra del Fuego farm sold for 20 million USD
A long established traditional farm in Chilean Tierra del Fuego in the Timaukel area, has been sold “closed gate” to a group of Chilean investors for which they paid the equivalent of almost 20 million US dollars.
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Friday, October 17th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Farmed salmon disease outbreak in Magallanes
Chile's government confirmed this week that Infectious Salmon Disease (ISA) virus is present in the Magallanes Region (Region XII), more precisely at a salmon farm from Nova Austral in the Puerto Natales area, north of Punta Arenas.
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Friday, October 17th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Brazil eases foreign currency credit to exporters
Brazil's central bank will offer credit lines in foreign currencies as of next week in a bid to ease a credit crunch afflicting the country's exporters, the bank's president, Henrique Meirelles announced on Friday.
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Friday, October 17th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Melting Arctic sees first vessel through Northwest Passage
The German Institute Alfred Wegener said on Friday that a scientific expedition for the first time was able to navigate the fabled Northwest Passage linking the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans along Arctic waters bordering Russia and North America because they were free of ice
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Friday, October 17th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Uruguay's coalition can't agree on consensus candidate
The leader of Uruguay's senior partner group in the ruling coalition and presidential hopeful, Jose Mujica admitted that if the global financial crisis persists he would prefer his rival, former Economy minister Senator Danilo Astori to become the government's presidential candidate for 2009.
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Friday, October 17th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Miami trial reveals “rampant corruption” in Venezuela deals
The partner of a wealthy Venezuelan businessman on trial for his alleged involvement in a Latin American political cash scandal said Friday they were both deeply involved in rampant government corruption in their home country.
