Stories for July 2012

Wednesday, July 11th 2012 - 20:19 UTC
Argentina to apply new software for quantifying international jigger fleet

Argentina’s National Institute for Fisheries Research and Development, Inidep, announced the development of software that can process, validate and/or automatically calibrate satellite night images of jiggers operating for squid at the 201 mile.
Wednesday, July 11th 2012 - 19:57 UTC
German proposal: richest citizens should pay more taxes or loan long term to governments

A leading German economic research institute has come up with one way to help countries involved in the euro crisis pay down their sovereign debt: get the wealthiest citizens to pay higher taxes, or force them to loan money to their governments.
Wednesday, July 11th 2012 - 19:35 UTC
OPEC lowers world oil demand forecast for next year

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, left its forecast for 2012 growth in world oil demand unchanged at 0.9 million barrels a day, saying it expects growth to slow to 0.8 million barrels a day in 2013 due to a continuing global economic slowdown.
Wednesday, July 11th 2012 - 19:24 UTC
With Venezuela, Mercosur will extend from Patagonia to the Caribbean

Brazilian Foreign minister Antonio Patriota again supported the access of Venezuela as full member of Mercosur and the suspension of Paraguay, which he described as a clear message for all those possible “anti-democratic adventures”.
Wednesday, July 11th 2012 - 07:17 UTC
Defence of Argentine sovereignty over Malvinas has become “a regional issue”

The Argentine ambassador in London Alicia Castro said that South America has reached such a degree of unity that it is possible to think “on the defence of Argentine sovereignty over the Malvinas in regional terms”.
Wednesday, July 11th 2012 - 06:43 UTC
PM Cameron/Hollande summit: France admits “Europe at different speeds”

President Francois Hollande and British Prime Minister David Cameron tried Tuesday to shake off a rocky start to their relationship despite lingering differences over the Euro zone crisis.
Wednesday, July 11th 2012 - 06:28 UTC
CFK announces pay rise for the military and plays the nationalistic tune

Argentine President Cristina Fernández, CFK, announced Tuesday evening a pay rise for all military personnel, effective July first during the Armed Forces annual dinner at the Libertador Building, in the Ministry of Defence.
Wednesday, July 11th 2012 - 06:23 UTC
Uruguay dairy exports jump 20% in value in first half of 2012 and reach 346m

Uruguayan dairy exports in the first half of this year increased 30% in volume and 20% in value over the same period a year ago totalling 346 million dollars, according to the latest release from the National Milk Institute, Inale.
Wednesday, July 11th 2012 - 03:03 UTC
Roubini says ‘perfect storm’ is closer; forecasts Finland will leave the Euro before Greece

Nouriel Roubini, or “Mr. Doom” who predicted earlier this year that a “perfect storm” scenario would play out in the global economy, has now said that his prediction is coming true, pointing to slow growth currently hitting the United States, Europe and China.
Wednesday, July 11th 2012 - 01:20 UTC
Uruguay president and vice-president clash over Venezuela’s Mercosur admission

Uruguayan Vice president Danilo Astori openly clashed with President Jose Mujica over the recent decision to incorporate Venezuela to Mercosur arguing it was “the deepest institutional injury” suffered by the block and questioned the concept that the juridical “has to be at the service of the political”.