Stories for April 2013

Saturday, April 27th 2013 - 04:44 UTC
Uruguayans hold 7.18bn in overseas deposits, according to BIS

Deposits of Uruguayans in overseas banks experienced a drop in the last quarter of 2012, the second consecutive fall (3%), and now stand at 7.18bn dollars according to preliminary data released by the Bank for International Settlements.
Saturday, April 27th 2013 - 04:25 UTC
Argentines fear major devaluation of the Peso and dollar sets new record at 9.34

The US dollar in the ‘blue’ or parallel market kept climbing in Argentina ending a week of consecutive records reaching on Friday 9.30 and 9.34 Pesos (buying and selling price) 14 cents more than on Thursday. Since the beginning of the year the US dollar has climbed 36.97% while the official rate stands at 5.18 Pesos, with an increase of only 5.3%.
Saturday, April 27th 2013 - 04:10 UTC
Malvinas radical group begins campaign against Lan Chile offices in Buenos Aires

An Argentine radical group involved in actions against cruise vessels and maritime traffic with the Falkland Islands has promised a similar campaign against Lan Chile offices in Buenos Aires, the airline which flies the only link of the Islands with the continent.
Saturday, April 27th 2013 - 03:55 UTC
Argentina makes available a Coast Guard vessel for the Antarctic Blue Whale Project”

Argentina will make available a Coast Guard vessel in support of the ‘Antarctic Blue Whale Project’ and associated research activities planned for the 201314 season and coming years, according to a release from the Southern Ocean Research Partnership, SORP.
Saturday, April 27th 2013 - 03:28 UTC
South Georgia ‘area’ will be surveyed by Argentine scientific research vessel

Argentina’s scientific research vessel “Dr. Eduardo L. Holmberg” left on Friday from Mar del Plata for the South Georgia area for a thirty day cruise in the framework of the Convention for the conservation of Antarctic marine living resources, CCAMLR, reports the Foreign Ministry from Buenos Aires.
Friday, April 26th 2013 - 22:42 UTC
Shackleton’s centenary scholarship to encourage scientific research in South Atlantic and Antarctica

By Harold Briley - The Falkland Islands, South Georgia or the British Antarctic Territories stand to benefit from an ambitious science research project to commemorate Ernest Shackleton’s 1914 trans-Antarctic expedition.
Friday, April 26th 2013 - 14:48 UTC
Falkland Island's Conservation review and appeal on World Penguin Day

This week penguins are celebrated through World Penguin Day (Thursday April 25) and Sarah Crofts from Falklands Conservation explains why more research is desirable on them in the Islands.
Friday, April 26th 2013 - 14:39 UTC
Chinese scientists confirm new bird flu strain jumped from chickens to humans

Chinese scientists have confirmed for the first time that a new strain of bird flu that has killed 23 people in China has been transmitted to humans from chickens. In a study published online in the Lancet medical journal, the scientists echoed previous statements from the World Health Organization (WHO) and Chinese officials that there is as yet no evidence of human-to-human transmission of this virus.
Friday, April 26th 2013 - 08:00 UTC
President Rousseff calls on Vale to dialogue with Argentine authorities

Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff said during a joint conference with her Argentine peer Cristina Fernández at Government House in Buenos Aires that she was certain the Vale mining company “would find a way to reach an agreement with the Argentine authorities” on the suspended project.
Friday, April 26th 2013 - 07:46 UTC
Falkland Islands’ lawmakers in a round of European visits to inform on referendum results

A delegation of Falkland Islands lawmakers made a round of visits to European capitals and the European Union to inform on the recent referendum results in which an overwhelming turnout and vote indisputably decided the Islands wanted to remain as an Overseas Territory.