Stories for 2011

Tuesday, February 1st 2011 - 13:31 UTC
Paraguay scheduled to open a trade office in Hong Kong

Paraguay the only Mercosur member with no formal diplomatic relations with China-Beijing, --since it only recognizes Taiwan--, is scheduled to open a trade office in Hong Kong (Peoples Republic of China) some time in the next few weeks.
Tuesday, February 1st 2011 - 12:54 UTC
Northeast Brazil to become “tuna hub” with support from Japan

Japan will help Brazil develop a “tuna hub” at the north of the country with the purpose of doubling tuna catches. State of the art Japanese equipment together with Brazilian personnel specially trained to operate the new logistics are at the heart of the ambitious project which plans to turn the north-eastern impoverished state of Rio Grande do Norte into a tuna hub covering an extensive zone of the Atlantic.
Tuesday, February 1st 2011 - 12:47 UTC
Polar Star cruise assessing damage after grounding accident off Antarctic Peninsula

Cruise vessel MV Polar Star with 115 people on board was temporarily grounded Monday morning off the Antarctica peninsula but managed to free itself with no injuries reported and no fuel leaks according to the Argentine Navy.
Tuesday, February 1st 2011 - 02:21 UTC
Egyptian army recognizes “legitimacy of the people’s demands”

Egypt’s military promised Monday night not to fire on any peaceful protests and said it recognised “the legitimacy of the people’s demands” ahead of a demonstration in which organisers aim to bring a million Egyptians to the streets to press for the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak.
Tuesday, February 1st 2011 - 01:14 UTC
UK is world leader in offshore wind energy production and research

Latest offshore wind statistics released by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) confirm that the UK is the European and world leader in the sector, with 1,341MW installed.
Tuesday, February 1st 2011 - 00:34 UTC
Rousseff blasts US and China’s currencies’ “competitive depreciation” policies

Emerging market countries such as Brazil and Argentina must take a stronger position against “competitive depreciations,” Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff told Argentine press on Sunday.
Tuesday, February 1st 2011 - 00:06 UTC
Brazil and Argentina ratify “strategic relation” and commit greater integration

In her first overseas visit as Brazilian president, Dilma Rousseff ratified Monday in Buenos Aires the “special strategic” relation with Argentina while her counterpart Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, CFK, called for an “increased productive integration” between the two leading Mercosur partners.
Monday, January 31st 2011 - 21:35 UTC
Microsoft helicopter in emergency water landing in Ushuaia

A helicopter from a huge luxury yacht owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, made an emergency water landing in the extreme south of Argentina on Monday, but neither Allen nor Bill Gates were on board.
Monday, January 31st 2011 - 21:30 UTC
FAO, IMF anticipate more civil unrest and protests because of soaring food prices

North Africa and Middle East civil unrest can be expected to spread to several other countries if as anticipated the FAO Food Prices Index for January 2011 confirms the December 2010 tendency when the “basket” of food staples reached a new peak.
Monday, January 31st 2011 - 21:21 UTC
Fisheries, aquaculture support livelihoods of 8% of world population, says FAO

The contribution of fish to global diets has reached a record of about 17 kg per person on average, supplying over three billion people with at least 15% of their average animal protein intake.