Stories for 2011

Wednesday, March 16th 2011 - 14:45 UTC
US extends import duties on shrimp to protect local industry hurt by BP’s oil spill

United States announced this week it will continue import duties on shrimp from Thailand, China, Vietnam, India and Brazil for five more years in a victory for the US shrimp industry hurt by last year's BP oil spill.
Wednesday, March 16th 2011 - 14:38 UTC
MEP warns on dangers to Scotland of ‘cheap meat’ imports from Mercosur

European Agriculture Commissioner Dacian Ciolos has been warned of the dangers facing Scotland if the EU opens its markets to large quantities of ‘cheap meat’ imports from Mercosur, reports the Farmers’ Guardían.
Wednesday, March 16th 2011 - 14:10 UTC
Difficult Times for Chile’s Easter Island

by COHA Research Associates Joss Douglas and Samantha Nadler
Famous for its monolithic Moai head stones that were mysteriously erected at the dawn of history, the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Easter Island is today making headlines of a different sort.
Wednesday, March 16th 2011 - 06:07 UTC
Japan seems unable to control stricken nuclear plant; fears of radiation

Workers were ordered to withdraw from a stricken Japanese nuclear power plant on Wednesday after radiation levels rose, Kyodo news reported, a development that suggested the crisis was spiralling out of control.
Wednesday, March 16th 2011 - 06:05 UTC
CFK team insists with a Peronist outsider as her vice-presidential candidate

Following on Sunday’s electoral victory in the northern province of Catamarca, Argentina’s Cabinet Chief, Aníbal Fernández insisted that the Victory Front ruling party might go with a non-Peronist vice-presidential candidate on next October’s presidential elections.
Wednesday, March 16th 2011 - 05:58 UTC
Gaddafi ever more confident he can defeat Benghazi ‘dogs and traitors’

Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi appeared at a Tuesday evening rally in a huge tent in Tripoli, condemning the rebels as rats, dogs, hypocrites and traitors. As he spoke, thousands gathered in a Benghazi square denouncing him as a tyrant and throwing shoes and other objects at his image projected upside down on a wall.
Wednesday, March 16th 2011 - 05:38 UTC
Bahrain threatens to turn into a conflict between Sunni-rulers and Shi’ite majority

Bahrain's king declared martial law as his government struggled to quell an uprising by the island's Shi'ite Muslim majority that has drawn in troops from fellow Sunni-ruled neighbour Saudi Arabia.
Wednesday, March 16th 2011 - 05:10 UTC
February inflation in Argentina, 0.7%; private estimates double that percentage

Inflation in Argentina advanced 0.7% in February over the previous month pushed mainly by increases in the clothing sector (2.2%) and leisure activities (3.5%), according to the official Indec National Statistics Bureau. During the first two months of the year, the consumer prices index accumulated 1.5%.
Wednesday, March 16th 2011 - 04:23 UTC
Reviving the US economy and trade relationship, main objectives of Obama’s visit

US President Barack Obama's trip to Brazil, Chile and El Salvador beginning this week is still on, despite fears of a nuclear disaster in Japan and turmoil in the Middle East, officials said on Wednesday.
Wednesday, March 16th 2011 - 04:19 UTC
Honduras forgets Argentina and Brazil; will open trade offices in India and China

Honduras is planning to close embassies in Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador and Venezuela countries which do not recognize the government of President Porfirio Lobo.