Stories for January 2012

Wednesday, January 4th 2012 - 17:33 UTC
Brazil will continue to import beef from Paraguay except from the FMD area

Brazil announced it will continue to receive different meats from the whole territory of landlocked Paraguay with the exception of the country of San Pedro were an outbreak of foot and mouth disease was confirmed this week, the second in four months
Wednesday, January 4th 2012 - 15:50 UTC
Falklands’ “land release” demining phase begins next week with 18 Zimbabweans

The team from BACTEC International Ltd that will be carrying out the second phase of the demining pilot project is in the Falklands are in the Islands and will look to release significant areas of land behind the Stanley Common fence to the South-west of the capital.
Wednesday, January 4th 2012 - 14:42 UTC
The Falklands, like a duck in basket

Penguin News Deputy Editor John Fowler explains it from the point of view of the people that actually matter - the Islanders.
Wednesday, January 4th 2012 - 06:34 UTC
Uruguay consumer inflation in 2011 reaches 8.6%, which is 43% above target

Uruguay consumer price inflation accelerated to 8.6% in 2011 from 6.93% the previous year, the government stats office, INE said on Tuesday.
Wednesday, January 4th 2012 - 06:26 UTC
Dry weather, heat and lack of rain threaten Mercosur soybean crop

Mercosur soybean production is expected to fall 2.9% after dry weather and heat damaged crops in Brazil and Paraguay and as conditions deteriorate in Argentina, Hamburg-based industry researcher Oil World said.
Wednesday, January 4th 2012 - 06:18 UTC
CFK undergoes thyroid surgery; well-wishers camp next to hospital

Argentine president Cristina Fernandez on Tuesday rested at home on the eve of scheduled surgery for thyroid cancer, less than three months after being re-elected in a landslide.
Wednesday, January 4th 2012 - 06:16 UTC
Unemployment in Spain climbs to 4.4 million at end of 2011

Spain ended 2011 with record high unemployment, according to data released Tuesday as the new conservative government of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy considers additional austerity measures to reduce the budget deficit.
Wednesday, January 4th 2012 - 06:09 UTC
China’s Sinopec buys stake in five shale projects in the US

Devon Energy Corp announced Tuesday the sale to China’s Sinopec of a one-third stake in five shale projects in the United States. The terms of the deal call for China’s No. 2 oil company to pay 900 million dollars in cash to the US firm and contribute 1.6 billion toward the cost of drilling.
Wednesday, January 4th 2012 - 06:06 UTC
US is ending three-decade subsidies on corn ethanol

The US government is ending a three-decade-old policy of subsidizing corn ethanol, but it appears that the loss of the 6 billion dollars annual benefit will have little impact on farmers.
Wednesday, January 4th 2012 - 06:03 UTC
Brazilian auto sales rose 2.9% to a record 3.4 million in 2011

Brazilian auto sales rose 2.9% to a record 3.4 million units in 2011, compared with the previous year, the daily O Estado de S. Paulo reported Tuesday, quoting industry sources.