Stories for 2008

Tuesday, July 22nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
US ready to cap farm subsidies at 15 billion USD annually

United States says it is ready to cut its trade-distorting farm subsides to 15 billion US dollars a year in a bid to reach a global trade deal that could help boost the world economy.
Tuesday, July 22nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Grain and soy prices yield on US good weather

Wheat, corn and soybean prices eased at the start of the week on news of favorable crop weather in the US and Europe along with Argentina's decision to repeal the export tax hike.
Tuesday, July 22nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Massive investment in Magallanes region gas exploration

Chile's government owned oil and gas company ENAP is planning to invest over 300 million US dollars in the next three years to develop natural gas deposits in Magallanes Region, in the extreme south of the country.
Monday, July 21st 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Uribe clears the ground for a possible third mandate

Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has scrapped his plan to rerun the 2006 election in which he won re-election, the government announced, a move that could set the stage for him to seek a third term in 2010.
Monday, July 21st 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Paraguay downplays discovery of oil in commercial volumes

The Paraguayan government confirmed the existence of oil deposits in an inhospitable area to the north of the country. However one long year must elapse before the deposits can be considered commercially exploitable.
Monday, July 21st 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Mercosur “fantastic but frustrated” idea, ripe in mistakes

Mercosur is an idea which “involved a fantastic but frustrated will power” according to former Spanish Socialist president Felipe Gonzalez. A previous common infrastructure commitment is more important for integration that having “political groupings such as Mercosur”.
Monday, July 21st 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands' new constitution bolsters “Britishness”

THE 'Britishness' of the Falkland Islands is to be underlined in its new constitution, by a change that insists all individuals applying for Falklands status must first become a British citizen.
Monday, July 21st 2008 - 21:00 UTC
US Senate accuses European banks of helping tax evaders

A US Senate subcommittee accused banks in Switzerland and Liechtenstein of helping wealthy US citizens commit massive tax evasion, and urged the establishment of tougher laws to combat offshore tax havens around the world.
Monday, July 21st 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentine Air Force replaces ageing F-27s with SAAB 340B

The first two, of a total of four, SAAB 340B aircraft acquired by Argentine Air Force for passenger transport operations in Patagonia will arrive in Buenos Aires by the end of the year it was announced in Buenos Aires.
Monday, July 21st 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Colombia and Brazil agree on ample defense cooperation

Colombia and Brazil agreed on a cooperation and defense pact aimed at controlling the one thousand mile lawless common border which is regularly used by drugs and arms dealers as well as the cocaine-funded FARC rebel group.