Stories for May 2011

Friday, May 27th 2011 - 08:16 UTC
South Georgia marine biodiversity richer than the Galapagos Islands

Sea spiders the size of dinner plates and two-meter-long ribbon worms that eat prey several times their own size were among the 1,400-plus species cataloged by the British Antarctic Service in a comprehensive study of marine life around South Georgia Island.
Friday, May 27th 2011 - 02:00 UTC
OIE declares the world free of rinderpest, one of the deadliest cattle diseases

The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) declared rinderpest, one of the deadliest diseases of cattle and of several other animal species, eradicated from the surface of the earth.
Friday, May 27th 2011 - 01:53 UTC
Montevideo port ranked ahead of Brazil’s Rio Grande in 2010

In a ranking of the busiest port terminals in Latin America & Caribbean, elaborated in a work of Infrastructure Services Unit of ECLAC, Port of Rio Grande (RS) lost position for the Port of Montevideo, Uruguay. So they were, respectively, the 21st and 19th positions from the list.
Friday, May 27th 2011 - 01:48 UTC
WTO says Doha round faces collapse unless agreement is reached before 2012

Doha round of negotiations on world trade faces collapse unless world leaders can reach a final agreement to lift trade tariffs before the end of the year, a new report by the governments of the UK, Germany, Turkey and Indonesia warned this week.
Thursday, May 26th 2011 - 23:53 UTC
G8 promises aid in support of ‘Arab spring’ and democratic consolidation

The Group of Eight leaders meeting in France are expected to approve on Friday billions of dollars in aid in support of the ‘Arab spring’ with a program designed to foster change sweeping North Africa and the Middle East.
Thursday, May 26th 2011 - 23:46 UTC
Regional C24 seminar in Jamaica in anticipation of Falklands’ June 23 presentation in New York

The United Nations Special Committee of 24, (for the implementation of the declaration on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples) will hold its annual regional seminar in Kingstown, Jamaica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, from 31 May to 2 June.
Thursday, May 26th 2011 - 19:53 UTC
Construction of Uruguay’s second pulp mill begins with concern on costs in Pesos

The scarcity of qualified labour and the increase in costs have become a growing concern for the pulp mill that Chilean and Scandinavian investors are building in Conchillas, Uruguay.
Thursday, May 26th 2011 - 18:52 UTC
Former minister criticizes Argentine economy management and warns on inflation

Argentina’s former cabinet chief Alberto Fernandez warned that the government is “not looking at the economy as it should” and is risking “all the good things that have been done so far”. He was also very critical of Economy minister Amado Boudou.
Thursday, May 26th 2011 - 18:31 UTC
Uruguay’s beef and lamb exports up in value but down in volume

Uruguay’s beef exports in the first four months of 2011 have been lower in volume but higher in revenue compared to the same period a year ago. Something similar is happening with lamb although the fall in volume was even greater.
Thursday, May 26th 2011 - 18:27 UTC
Record rice crop in Uruguay: 1.65 million tons but farmers concern with prices

Uruguay harvested a record crop of rice this year totalling 1.65 million tons and marked the second highest area planted with the cereal, 195.000 hectares compared to the 200.000 of eleven years ago.