MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for November 18th 2009
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Wednesday, November 18th 2009 - 09:30 UTC
Venezuelan economy forecasted to contract strongly in 2009
Venezuela's economy contracted 4.5% in the third quarter, far more than expected, and the second straight quarterly contraction this year after a drop in oil income affected public and consumer spending, the Central Bank said Tuesday.
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Wednesday, November 18th 2009 - 09:28 UTC
Chile in select group of eleven countries with insignificant mad-cow risk
Beginning Tuesday Chile belongs to the select group of eleven countries who have insignificant risk of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease. This places Chile among the nations with the best sanitary conditions on the planet.
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Wednesday, November 18th 2009 - 08:23 UTC
Official media invites Cubans to open their minds and “disagree”
The Cuban Official ruling Cuban Communist Party newspaper Granma called on Cubans to open their minds and “disagree”, adding that it was “erroneous to coincide with all opinions” in a community that has been forged on the basis of “commitment and consensus”.
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Wednesday, November 18th 2009 - 08:14 UTC
Argentina protests world-map circulating in Bolivia with the Malvinas as British
The Argentine embassy in Bolivia officially protested, and demanded the immediate withdrawal of a National Geographic world-map circulating among the Bolivian Chamber of Customs agents and where the Malvinas Islands figure “with a colour different to that identifying Argentina”.
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Wednesday, November 18th 2009 - 08:10 UTC
Cyber-war is here and to stay: ask US, China, Russia, Israel and France
Major countries and nation-states are engaged in a “Cyber Cold War,” amassing cyber-weapons, conducting espionage, and testing networks in preparation for using the Internet to conduct war, according to a new report released by McAfee.
