Stories for 2008

Thursday, April 17th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
New attempt to address Falklands' claim with PM Brown

The Argentine press speculates with a meeting between President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and Prime Minister Gordon Brown next month in Peru during the fifth Latinamerica-Caribbean-European Union summit, for which 24 leaders have been confirmed including the British PM.
Thursday, April 17th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
FAO asks Latam for help to prevent high food prices

The governments of Latin America must act to prevent high global food prices from increasing malnutrition in the region, officials from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization warned this week in Brasilia.
Thursday, April 17th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Mrs. Kirchner fits velvet gloves and takes on the press

In the midst of an escalating conflict between President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and the Argentine media, the government ordered a change in the channel grid of cable-TV companies.
Thursday, April 17th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Farmers discussion with Argentine government stalled

In a climate of growing frustration and with no advances to show, Argentine farmers held a new round of talks with government officials to discuss the promised review of camp and taxing policies.
Thursday, April 17th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Paraguayan election, another energy challenge for Brazil

Energy and energy security has snowballed as an issue in the last leg of the Paraguayan presidential election of next Sunday, April 20. The two heavy weight neighbors are highly dependent on Paraguayan energy resources and all Paraguayan leading candidates have promised a review of the contracts “which are most unfair for our country”.
Thursday, April 17th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
China becomes world's second exporter ahead of US

China overtook United States as the world's second exporter of goods in 2007, while Germany remains top of the ranking according to the latest data from the World Trade Organization, WYO.
Thursday, April 17th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Merrill Lynch posts losses of 6.5 billion in first quarter

Merrill Lynch posted its third straight quarterly loss, its first of 2008, after more write-downs linked to the embattled credit markets. The world's largest brokerage lost 6.5 billion US dollars in write downs on subprime mortgages and other risky assets.
Thursday, April 17th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Lula da Silva defends bio-fuels and attacks farm subsidies

Brazil's president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva made an impassioned defense of bio-fuels rejecting that they are responsible for the recent rise in global food prices during the opening ceremony of a United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO, conference in Brasilia.
Thursday, April 17th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Chilean Central Bank purchases help to prop US dollar

The dollar closed in Santiago money markets at 456.6 Chilean pesos on Thursday, up from 434.1 Chilean pesos a week ago. This rapid gain comes in the wake of Chile's Central Bank's announcement last week that it would buy 8 billion US dollars over the course of the year.
Wednesday, April 16th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
ISA virus forces closure of salmon processor in Chile

One of southern Chile's most renowned salmon processing plants, Chinquihue belonging to Norwegian company Marine Harvest and located in Puerto Montt was unexpectedly closed down April 12 leaving 600 workers redundant. The original idea was to close the plant in late June.