MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for August 25th 2011
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Thursday, August 25th 2011 - 05:57 UTC
Argentine organized labour leader stays on; claims “destabilizing campaign”
Argentina’s Secretary General of the CGT Labour Confederation, Hugo Moyano, denied all rumours indicating his imminent departure from the CGT and attributed them to “a destabilizing media operation”. He added he was preparing to defend “workers’ minimum wage”.
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Thursday, August 25th 2011 - 00:34 UTC
Uruguay expects smallest wool clip in over a hundred years: 32 million kilos
Uruguay is facing its smallest clip in over a hundred years and the 2011/2012 season’s wool production is estimated to be limited to 32 million kilos according to Joaquin Martinicorena, president of the Uruguay’s Wool Secretariat, SUL.
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Thursday, August 25th 2011 - 00:15 UTC
Cristina Fernandez among the 20 most powerful women in the world, says Forbes
Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is the second most powerful Latinamerican woman in the world according to a ranking released by Forbes.
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Thursday, August 25th 2011 - 00:09 UTC
Uruguay’s textile industry could have to import 20 million kilos of wool
Uruguay’s textile industry is short of wool and could be forced to import up to 20 million kilos, revealed Uruguayan Wool Secretariat (SUL) CEO Gabriel Capurro during the opening of an ovine industry seminar, organized by the country’s Corriedale breeders association.
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Thursday, August 25th 2011 - 00:00 UTC
Brazilian government comes to the rescue of giant meat corporation JBS SA
Brazilian meat giant JBS S.A. has announced that BNDES (Brazilian Development Bank) converted a large amount of JBS debt into equity, boosting the bank’s shareholdings in the company to 30.4% from 17% previously.
