Stories for 2008

Tuesday, January 29th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Falklands mines-free: “challenging but technically possible”

The British government is considering ways of clearing about 20,000 mines left on the Falklands Islands after the war with Argentina in 1982 Baroness Crawley told the House of Lords.
Tuesday, January 29th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Senate divided over Bush & Lower House stimulus package

The United States House of Representatives approved on Tuesday a 146 billion US dollars economic stimulus package proposed by President George W Bush, but the package has an uncertain future in the Senate.
Monday, January 28th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Doha Round ministers hoping for an Easter miracle in gloomy 08

World Trade Organization members are hoping to agree on the most challenging chapters of the stalled Doha round of trade talks next Easter said the Swiss economy minister in Davos during the closing meetings of the economic forum.
Monday, January 28th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Uruguay: Shellfish ban lifted in Maldonado and Rocha

The National Directorate of Aquatic Resources (DINARA) on Friday lifted the ban on bivalve mollusc fishing, trade and transportation in the departments of Maldonado and Rocha after tests indicated the area was newly free of the red tide bloom.
Monday, January 28th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
A group of 16 Brits touring Magallanes on bicycles

This week sixteen British adventurers who have chosen bicycles for sport and pleasure will be arriving in the extreme south of Chile for a sixteen days tour of the Magallanes region including Puerto Natales and Torres del Paine national park, reports Punta Arenas La Prensa Austral.
Monday, January 28th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
First time ever Chile Senate deputy chair goes for Magallanes

Political turmoil in the Chilean ruling coalition which has left President Michelle Bachelet without a majority in the Senate has meant that for the first time Magallanes region, in the extreme south of the country, will have a deputy speaker in the upper house beginning March 2009.
Monday, January 28th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Montevideo, Santiago and Buenos Aires best cities in Latam

Vancouver is the world's best place to live, a survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has found. In Latinamerica although no city manages “ideal living conditions”, Montevideo in Uruguay, Santiago in Chile and Buenos Aires in Argentina offer the region's best conditions.
Monday, January 28th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
“Cheap” energy costs Argentina billions and more blackouts

Keeping electricity rates frozen cost the Argentine Treasury four billion US dollars in four years, from 2003 to 2007. A sum which could have been invested in six 800 MW thermal generation plants or two gas pipelines from Bolivia according to Argentina's Cammesa, manager of the country's wholesale electricity market.
Monday, January 28th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
In 4 years Kirchner contracted 37.000 new employees

The Argentine government contracted 37.000 civil servants under the administration of president Nestor Kirchner, (2003/2007) which works out at an average of 35 new employees every day, according to reports from the Ministry of Economy published Monday in the Buenos Aires press.
Monday, January 28th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Record inflow of foreign investment to Brazil in 2007

Foreign direct investment in Brazil reached a record 34.6 billion US dollars (almost double the 18.7 billion of 2006) reported the Brazilian Central Bank. FDI this year is expected to topple 28 billion US dollars with an estimated record 4.5 billion in January.