MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for December 17th 2012
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Monday, December 17th 2012 - 06:20 UTC
China quarantines Argentine corn because of unapproved genetically modified strains
Chinese authorities quarantined two containers holding corn from Argentina, after detecting genetically modified strains that had not been approved beforehand, alleged the Chinese buyer.
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Monday, December 17th 2012 - 06:09 UTC
Chavez candidates sweep in provincial elections; Capriles confirmed as opposition leader
President Hugo Chavez candidates swept nearly all of Venezuela's 23 states in Sunday's regional vote, but Henrique Capriles consolidated his position as top opposition leader by winning re-election as governor.
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Monday, December 17th 2012 - 06:03 UTC
Talvi says Uruguayan government reacts with ‘authoritarian ticks” to criticism
The head of an economics think-tank said that the Uruguayan government reactions to his criticisms of the management of the country’s economy are a kind of “authoritarian tick” which pretends to censor all those who do not share the “official truths”.
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Monday, December 17th 2012 - 05:57 UTC
Korean trawler catches fire in Montevideo; crew saved and no ammoniac on board
A Korean flagged trawler that caught fire in early morning Sunday has been tugged to the middle of the bay of Montevideo where a combined effort of Uruguayan Coast Guard, port authorities and fire fighters have controlled the flames after rescuing forty crewmembers, mostly Chinese, Vietnamese, Indonesian and Korean officers.
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Monday, December 17th 2012 - 05:53 UTC
Blatter warns Brazil about security in football fields and the coming World Cup
The abandonment of last Wednesday's South American Cup final following shocking accusations police had pulled guns on players should serve as a warning for Brazil's World Cup organizers, FIFA president Sepp Blatter said this weekend.
