MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for December 21st 2008
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Sunday, December 21st 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Bolivia's Morales declares “free of illiteracy”
President Evo Morales declared Bolivia free of illiteracy on Saturday after a three-year project sponsored by his leftist allies Cuba and Venezuela helped about 820,000 people learn to read and write.
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Sunday, December 21st 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Latam's six year sustained growth grinds to a halt
After six years of strong performance, Latin American and Caribbean economies will slow considerably next year as the global economic meltdown takes its toll on the region and unemployment rises, a United Nations agency for economic development announced last Friday.
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Sunday, December 21st 2008 - 20:00 UTC
UK ministers consider £ 500 million loan to Jaguar Land Rover
The British cabinet is weighing up a direct loan worth hundreds of millions of pounds to ailing car maker Jaguar Land Rover it was reported over the weekend in the London press. Business Secretary Lord Mandelson could approve a £500 million loan to the company, which employs around 15,000 people in the UK, the Sunday Times claimed.
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Sunday, December 21st 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Punta Arenas health officials warn of red tide threat
Magallanes Region Public Health Department has set out a warning that red tide has been detected in several points of the area following lab tests of different molluscs and sea food.
Magallanes in the extreme south of Chile is famous for its sea food which is supplied to the rest of the country. -
Sunday, December 21st 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Sarkozy to sign arms deal to help Brazil build nuclear sub
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is expected to sign an arms deal during his visit to Brazil that could help this country build Latin America's first nuclear-propelled submarine, according to the government's official news agency Agencia Brazil.
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Sunday, December 21st 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Argentina Falklands claims' inventory adds two supports
Argentina's Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty claim support inventory added two more statements this last week during the meeting of Latinamerican and Caribbean leaders in the northeast of Brazil.
