Stories for March 2009

Tuesday, March 31st 2009 - 05:20 UTC
Falkland Islands government: “We wish to remain British”

“We wish to remain British and the sovereignty issue is not for negotiation” was the Falkland Islands government statement in response to last Saturday’s meeting in Chile of UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
Tuesday, March 31st 2009 - 05:11 UTC
Hundreds of dead Magellanic penguins in southern Chile

Hundreds of dead Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus Magellanicus) have washed ashore in Chile’s Region XI the past several days, the Santiago daily La Tercera reported Sunday. So far experts are in the dark about what’s killing the sea birds, more than 800 of which have been found on the beaches of Las Niñas and Los Piojos near Queule.
Monday, March 30th 2009 - 20:04 UTC
Uruguayan farmers showcase for new state of the art combines

Farm equipment manufacturer Case IH chose Uruguay and its local distributor Corporación Global, for the Latinamerican launching of one of its largest and most state of the art combine, the Axial-Flow 8120.
Monday, March 30th 2009 - 15:29 UTC
UN economic office calls for risk and market regulation in Latam

The United Nations Economic Commission for Latinamerica and the Caribbean, UNECLC warns that the current global situation is “far more severe” than the depression of the thirties and calls for urgent action in dealing with “risk and market regulation”.
Monday, March 30th 2009 - 15:24 UTC
US will no longer “dictate unilaterally”, but Cuban embargo remains

United States Vice President Joe Biden said that Washington would no longer “dictate unilaterally” to Latin America, and that it had entered a new era in the historically troubled relationship.
Monday, March 30th 2009 - 15:01 UTC
CEO of GM steps down following suggestions from Obama

The chief executive of struggling US car company General Motors, Rick Wagoner, has agreed to step down. He will leave his post immediately at the request of the White House, a government official confirmed.
Monday, March 30th 2009 - 14:46 UTC
Argentina contracts British PR firm to promote the country-brand

The Argentine government has contracted Britain’s Bell Pottinger's international PR division to raise its profile in Europe and the Untied States as a business and tourism hub, according to reports in the Buenos Aires press later confirmed by the company.
Monday, March 30th 2009 - 14:43 UTC
UK dampens G-20 expectations and discards further stimulus option

United Kingdom Chancellor Alistair Darling has moved to damp down expectations of a new budget stimulus for the global economy at the G20 summit in London, warning that all the world's problems would not “get sorted in one day”.
Monday, March 30th 2009 - 14:32 UTC
Central America will ask Biden to slow flood of deportations

Central American leaders are expected to push United States to slow a flood of deportations when Vice-President Joe Biden meets with them Monday, promising a “new day for relations” with a region that has felt ignored.
Monday, March 30th 2009 - 14:30 UTC
Dengue reported and confirmed in outskirts of Buenos Aires

The mosquito transmitted dengue viral epidemic has reached the outskirts of Buenos Aires according to the head of the Epidemiology Department from the province of Buenos Aires.