Stories for April 2010

Friday, April 16th 2010 - 03:58 UTC
Shrimp vessels to be ordered to use selectivity devices

The subsecretary of Argentine Fisheries and Aquaculture, Norberto Yauhar, is planning to urgently implement measures to conserve the population of hake (Merluccius hubbsi) juveniles in the north Patagonian breeding ground.
Friday, April 16th 2010 - 03:41 UTC
High-level corruption, not a few dissidents, is the main threat to communist Cuba

Corruption at the highest levels of government - not the meddling of a small band of dissidents - is the greatest threat to Cuba's communist system, a leading academic said in a highly unusual opinion posted Thursday on a state Web site.
Friday, April 16th 2010 - 03:38 UTC
Researchers discover a huge North Atlantic Garbage Patch

A vast patch of floating plastics garbage extending for thousands of square kilometres in a remote area of the North Atlantic has been documented by two different groups of scientists sailing from Bermuda to the Azores islands.
Friday, April 16th 2010 - 01:46 UTC
Argentine Judge annuls first gay union, but Congress set to vote same-sex marriage bill

A judge in Argentina has annulled the first gay marriage in Latin America, state media said Thursday, but the two men in the groundbreaking union said they would appeal the decision.
Friday, April 16th 2010 - 00:10 UTC
China agrees to invest heavily in Brazilian infrastructure

China and Brazil bolstered their growing ties with trade and investment agreements on Thursday in Brasilia before a summit of the world's top four emerging markets that was cut back after China's leader decided to return home to deal with a major earthquake.
Thursday, April 15th 2010 - 19:35 UTC
More changes anticipated in Ecuador’s cabinet and military commands

Ecuador president Rafael Correa announced changes in the military command and further cabinet reshuffling as part of the restructuring of his administration’s team for the next three years.
Thursday, April 15th 2010 - 19:31 UTC
Spanish dictator atrocities case presented before Argentine federal court

Argentine human rights groups turned the tables on Spain Wednesday, asking for a local judicial probe of killings and disappearances as well as suspected genocide during the Spanish Civil War and Gen. Francisco Franco's long dictatorship.
Thursday, April 15th 2010 - 19:22 UTC
Uruguay’s support for Unasur’s chairman will be known at next summit

Ecuadorean Foreign Affairs minister Ricardo Patiño apologized to Uruguay for having stated that the administration of President Jose Mujica would support the nomination of former Argentine president Nestor Kirchner as chairman or the Union of South American nations, Unasur.
Thursday, April 15th 2010 - 17:28 UTC
Lower sunspot activity anticipates chillier winters for northern Europe

Periods of low sunspot activity are associated with changes in the winds that tear though the upper atmosphere bringing unusually cold winters to northern Europe, according to the new study Environmental Research Letters
Thursday, April 15th 2010 - 17:19 UTC
Fears of inflation and asset bubbles as China expands 11.9% in first quarter

China's economy expanded 11.9% year on year in the first quarter, indicating a solid recovery of the world's third largest economy, but also fanning concerns of asset bubbles, reports Xinhua.