MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for April 22nd 2011
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Friday, April 22nd 2011 - 05:15 UTC
Argentine lawmakers bring up ‘Malvinas issue’ at Inter-Parliamentary Union
Argentine and British lawmakers held a bilateral meeting in the framework of the Inter Parliamentary Union 124th meeting which took place in Panama, according to Argentine sources.
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Friday, April 22nd 2011 - 05:13 UTC
Chilean Army clearing antitank and antipersonnel mine fields in Tierra del Fuego
The Chilean Army is currently clearing four fields planted with anti-personnel mines in Tierra del Fuego and will move to another four once the job is finalized, reported the Commander Gonzalo Echeverria, from the 5th Engineers Battalion seated in Punta Arenas.
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Friday, April 22nd 2011 - 05:10 UTC
EU increases Argentine prime beef Hilton quota by 1.500 tons
The European Union and Argentina agreed to increase Argentina's lucrative Hilton Quota of high-end beef exports by 1,500 metric tons annually, according to a release in Buenos Aires from the Foreign Ministry late Wednesday.
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Friday, April 22nd 2011 - 05:05 UTC
Mercosur and South America, remain top priorities of Brazilian diplomacy
South American countries, particularly Mercosur members remain as top priority of Brazil’s foreign policy confirmed this week President Dilma Rousseff.
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Friday, April 22nd 2011 - 04:59 UTC
Humpback whales return to Chilean waters; Punta Arenas planning watch-posts
Humpback whales, once hunted nearly to extinction, started returning to Chilean seas in the 1990s. By 2003 so many had appeared that Chile created a protected coastal area, Francisco Coloane with marine park in it to assure the whales would have the nutrients they need to thrive.
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Friday, April 22nd 2011 - 04:51 UTC
Piñera accused of conflict of interest in Patagonian coal mine approval
Leading figures in Chile’s government were caught up in conflict of interest charges this week, with opposition Dep. Enrique Accorsi accusing President Sebastián Piñera and several of his cabinet ministers of “serious conflicts of interest” when they gave a green light to the Mina Invierno coal mine on Isla Riesco.
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Friday, April 22nd 2011 - 04:48 UTC
Car companies comply with Argentina’s import/export balance policy
Argentina reached an agreement with the French conglomerate Peugeot-Citroen and the importers of Italy’s Alfa Romeo, to balance imports-exports value, following on Argentina’s latest regulations for the country’s auto industry.
