MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for July 6th 2011
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Wednesday, July 6th 2011 - 15:35 UTC
Brazil 2010/11 soy crop larger than estimated but strong Real eats into profits
Brazil's 2010-11 soy crop was larger than previously estimated, as higher productivity and a greater area of land planted with the oilseed resulted in record output, agricultural consultancy Celeres reported this week.
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Wednesday, July 6th 2011 - 06:29 UTC
Chavez with an impressive military display says he’s back, but many doubts linger
Venezuela president Hugo Chavez thanked his peers from Uruguay, Bolivia and Paraguay for having attended the Tuesday bicentenary celebrations of the country’s independence, a huge military parade with an arch-display of soldiers in colonial uniforms to some with probably the most modern combat gear of the region.
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Wednesday, July 6th 2011 - 06:23 UTC
Poland warns trade agreements must abide by EU sanitary and food security standards
Poland which currently holds the rotating chair of the European Union presidency warned that any trade agreements with third parties must strictly abide by the EU sanitary and food security standards.
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Wednesday, July 6th 2011 - 06:18 UTC
Chile’s Piñera tries to appease student protests: 4 billion USD for higher education
Chile's President Sebastián Piñera, beset by mass student protests over education standards and costs which are threatening his legislative agenda, proposed a 4 billion US dollars fund for higher education.
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Wednesday, July 6th 2011 - 06:15 UTC
Chile among South America’s least happy nations; Venezuela top of the list
Though Chile has one of South America’s strongest economies, a recent study of happiness rates it second-to-last in the region, leading experts to assert that national happiness is not determined by a nation’s wealth or economic development.
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Wednesday, July 6th 2011 - 05:45 UTC
YPF first well drilled in the Malvinas basin proves “dry”
YPF Argentina reported Tuesday that its first offshore well drilled in the so called Malvinas basin proved dry. The operation was equally shared with Brazil’s Petrobras and Pan American Energy, a Chinese-Argentine group.
