Stories for 2008

Thursday, October 2nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina bans sale of Made in China 48 milk related products

Argentina joined a long list of Latinamerican countries which have banned the import of Chinese milk and related products such as sweets, chocolate bars, cookies, instant tea and coffee with powder milk, etc.
Thursday, October 2nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina gets tough on hake fisheries conservation

Argentina has expanded and declared permanent the ban on common hake (Merluccius hubbsi,) fishing in the following quadrants of the South Atlantic: the northern half of 4160, 4260, 4261 and 4262.
Thursday, October 2nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentine lamb and mutton exports 21 m. USD in 8 months

Argentine lamb and mutton exports increased 4% in volume and 21% in US dollars during the first eight months of the year according to the latest release from Senasa, the agro-food sanitary and quality service.
Thursday, October 2nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
UN power “usurped” by Security Council says Assembly pres.

Calling for the democratization of the United Nations, General Assembly President Miguel D'Escoto stressed this week the need to restore power “usurped” by the Security Council to other organs of the world body.
Wednesday, October 1st 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentine farmers back on the roads for six-day protest

Argentine farmers announced on Tuesday they will take to the roads again temporarily suspending grain exports and limiting beef exports to protest scant progress in talks with the government on how to help small- and medium-scale producers who are suffering financially.
Wednesday, October 1st 2008 - 21:00 UTC
S. American leaders blame financial crisis on US irresponsibility

Four of South America's leaders meeting in the Amazon accused the United States on Tuesday of “irresponsibility” in its handling of a financial crisis that has dried up credit markets and threatens economies around the world.
Wednesday, October 1st 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Milk scandal: Chinese dairy industry on the verge of collapse

Chinese police have arrested 22 people suspected of producing melamine - the chemical found in milk products which have made thousands of babies ill. The arrests took place on 17 September, but were only reported widely on Monday evening.
Wednesday, October 1st 2008 - 21:00 UTC
US freezes assets of FARC representatives in the region

The United States Treasury Department on Tuesday froze the US assets of eight members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, which it has deemed a narco-terrorist organization.
Wednesday, October 1st 2008 - 21:00 UTC
US Senate expected to approve revamped rescue package

The United States Treasury Department on Tuesday froze the US assets of eight members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, which it has deemed a narco-terrorist organization.
Wednesday, October 1st 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Ireland implements stand-by rescue plan of 400 billion Euro

Ireland's Prime Minister Brian Cowen defended a radical 400 billion Euro state move to shore up its financial system and in the continent France, Belgium and Luxembourg bailed out a second bank .