Stories for August 2010

Saturday, August 28th 2010 - 07:01 UTC
Argentina company opens first algae bio-diesel plant

An Argentine company opened on Friday the country's first factory to make bio-diesel from algae, hoping to use it as a replacement for soy in making bio-diesel as part of a push for renewable energy.
Saturday, August 28th 2010 - 06:58 UTC
Mrs. Kirchner sends bill declaring production of newsprint of “public interest”

Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner sent the project that aims to declare of “public interest” the production and distribution of newsprint to the Lower House of Congress, where it is believed the opposition's A Group would vote against the bill; however, centre-left parties might join the pro-government initiative.
Saturday, August 28th 2010 - 06:55 UTC
EuroFruit congress to be held in Uruguay next December

Uruguay’s renowned sea resort Punta del Este will be hosting next December the 2010 Eurofruit Congress Southern Hemisphere. This is the first time the annual conference and exhibition event for the region’s fresh produce industry comes to Uruguay.
Saturday, August 28th 2010 - 06:53 UTC
US economy slows more sharply that expected in the second quarter

US economic growth slowed more sharply than initially thought in the second quarter, held back by the largest increase in imports in 26 years, a government report showed. GDP expanded at a 1.6% annual rate, the Commerce Department said, instead of 2.4% percent pace it had estimated last month.
Saturday, August 28th 2010 - 06:49 UTC
Timerman names two Argentine scientists for the River Uruguay monitoring

Argentine Foreign Affairs Minister Héctor Timerman confirmed the names of those who had been appointed as the two Argentine scientists taking part in the upcoming River Uruguay and pulp mill UPM/Botnia joint monitoring agreed with neighbouring Uruguayan authorities.
Saturday, August 28th 2010 - 06:46 UTC
Indictments related to the killing of Anglo Chilean priest in 1973 total 33

Chilean Justice indicted on Friday fourteen former members of Carabineros (militarized police and Navy) for the kidnapping and killing of Anglo-Chilean Catholic priest Miguel Woodward.
Saturday, August 28th 2010 - 06:41 UTC
Bank of Brasil targets US, Chile, Peru, Uruguay and Colombia to expand

Bank of Brasil, Latin America’s biggest bank by assets plans the acquisition of banks in Chile and the United States and is holding negotiations to further expand in Peru, Colombia and Uruguay, said Aldemir Bendine the bank’s CEO.
Saturday, August 28th 2010 - 06:32 UTC
Russian gas tanker making history sailing through the Arctic Northeast Passage

A Russian gas tanker is making history as the famed Arctic Northeast Passage receding ice opens up an elusive trade route from Asia to the West sought for centuries by explorers.
Saturday, August 28th 2010 - 06:28 UTC
Bolivia confiscates 115.000 hectares of land to distribute among peasants

Bolivia confiscated 115.000 hectares of allegedly fallow or ill-gotten land as part of President Evo Morales' drive to redistribute land to the poor, reported the National Agrarian Reform Institute (INRA).
Saturday, August 28th 2010 - 06:23 UTC
South Korea and Bolivia sign agreement for cooperation in lithium development

South Korea and Bolivia agreed to deepen discussions for a possible joint venture on developing lithium deposits in the South American nation.