Stories for March 2009

Friday, March 13th 2009 - 12:57 UTC
Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News Update

Headlines: Falklands representative joins Saints’ airport protest; Stanley Co-op members hoping for a final dividend; Mrs K may get her meeting with Brown.
Friday, March 13th 2009 - 12:50 UTC
Protesting Argentine farmers prepare for another clash in Congress

Argentine farmers are back on active protest after the latest frustrating meetings with government officials for the moderation or elimination of export taxes on grains and oilseeds and requests of aid for drought stricken areas.
Friday, March 13th 2009 - 12:42 UTC
Uruguay attracts European investments in timber plantations

Favourable timber growing conditions, a good business climate and a stable political environment has attracted a number of European forest companies to invest in Uruguay the past few years, reports WRQ.
Friday, March 13th 2009 - 09:30 UTC
Obama administration seeks new relation and dialogue with Latinamerica

United States looks at the coming Americas Summit next April in Trinidad Tobago as an opportunity to begin a new relation with Latinamerica in a “spirit of equals” since the region will have to play a crucial role in the reply to the global economic crisis.
Friday, March 13th 2009 - 06:33 UTC
Polls show opposition ahead of Uruguay’s ruling coalition

Uruguay’s main opposition party is closing in on the ruling coalition Broad Front according to the latest public opinion poll which means that next October there will be no clear winner of the presidential election and a run-off in November seems certain
Friday, March 13th 2009 - 06:25 UTC
OPEC consensus for another oil production cut

Venezuela will insist at this week end’s meeting in Vienna of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, that the cartel needs to impose more production cuts, an influential lawmaker said in Caracas.
Friday, March 13th 2009 - 06:23 UTC
Surging global population adds to water crisis warns UN

The surging growth in global population, climate change, widespread mismanagement and increasing demand for energy have tightened the grip on the world’s evaporating water supplies, warned a new United Nations report released today.
Friday, March 13th 2009 - 05:41 UTC
Prince Charles tells Brazilian hosts: A hundred months to save the planet

Britain's Prince Charles currently in Brazil on a South American tour warned on Thursday that mankind has 100 months or less to save the planet from a climate-caused disaster.
Friday, March 13th 2009 - 04:24 UTC
Chile reshuffles cabinet ahead of electoral year

Chilean president Michelle Bachelet on Thursday reshuffled her cabinet by naming new Foreign Affairs and Defence ministers as well as a new government spokesperson. This is the eighth reshuffle since taking office in 2006 and marks the beginning of a tough electoral and financial year.
Thursday, March 12th 2009 - 16:13 UTC
Chile dropped six places on list of tourism destinations

Chile dropped six places in the World Economic Forum’s latest travel and tourism ranking for the most competitive and attractive countries for travel and tourism.
Chile is now in 57th place out of the 133 countries included in the study – beating out nearby countries like Peru (74th place) and Argentina (65th).