Stories for April 2013

Tuesday, April 2nd 2013 - 20:15 UTC
Brazil’s boom crops expose port congestion and lack of infrastructure

Brazil’s soybean production has reached record levels this season which could make the country the world’s leading producer but port congestion and lack of storage capacity are impeding exports of soybean as producers fear losing international markets.
Tuesday, April 2nd 2013 - 19:42 UTC
Real estate prices’ increase in Rio and Sao Paulo among the highest in the world

The latest Knight Frank’s Global Real Estate Index released this month has Brazil ranking No. 3 in the world and No. 1 in the Americas for rising home prices. Only ridiculously expensive Hong Kong and Dubai, which are not countries, have seen prices rise more. So in fact, no single country has seen its housing prices increase as much as Brazil.
Tuesday, April 2nd 2013 - 18:27 UTC
Falklands’ new port facility sea bed survey to be completed by early June

A deployable core drill rig is taking samples of the sea bed and rock structure for the likely locations of a future deep-sea port for the Falkland Islands in Port William, reports the Penguin News.
Tuesday, April 2nd 2013 - 16:39 UTC
Afghanistan and Iraq wars, the costliest in US history equivalent to 40% of GDP

US wars in Afghanistan and Iraq will cost taxpayers up to 6 trillion dollars or 75.000 dollars for every US household, “the most expensive wars in US history,” a new report has revealed, adding that these campaigns will dominate future federal budgets “for decades to come”.
Tuesday, April 2nd 2013 - 16:32 UTC
US/UK combined Chiefs of Staff Committee meet as a group for the first time since 1948

Britain's most senior military chiefs met with their US counterparts as a group, bringing them together as a Combined Chiefs of Staff Committee for the first time since 1948. This time, the Chiefs were not discussing current or prospective operations but instead met to discuss the strategic challenges the UK and US militaries may face in the future.
Tuesday, April 2nd 2013 - 16:30 UTC
Falkland Islands’ long standing friend, HMS Edinburgh returns to Portsmouth for decommission

Edinburgh, the Royal Navy's last remaining Type 42 destroyer, returned to Portsmouth from her final deployment last week. The 30 year old warship has spent the past 6 months patrolling the Atlantic and over the years has been in several assignments in the Falkland Islands and South Georgia.
Tuesday, April 2nd 2013 - 05:42 UTC
Agriculture should help boost the Brazilian economy to 3.1% growth in 2013

The Brazilian economy is expected to grow 3.1% this year while inflation will reach 5.7% according to the latest estimates from the Central bank released in its “Quarterly inflation report”. In the previous report at the end of last year inflation was estimated at 4.8% but there was no figure for growth.
Tuesday, April 2nd 2013 - 05:38 UTC
Brazil reviewing immigration policy and is looking for “brains and human capital”

Brazil is after “brains and human capital” and a special Strategic Actions Secretariat (SAE) which depends directly from the Executive is working on a strategy to attract selective quality immigration according Ricardo Paes de Barros head of SAE interviewed by the Miami Herald.
Tuesday, April 2nd 2013 - 05:30 UTC
Uruguayan exports in first quarter down 13% compared to a year ago

Uruguayan exports of goods in March continued falling thus closing a discouraging first quarter, according to Uruguay XXI, the country’s agency responsible for promoting trade and investment in the country.
Tuesday, April 2nd 2013 - 05:23 UTC
India/Mexico bilateral trade expected to reach 15bn dollars by 2015

By R. Viswanathan - Yes… steady is the word to describe the growth of India's trade with Mexico, the second largest market of Latin America. The bilateral trade reached 6.29 billion dollars in 2012 from 4.15bn in 2011, 2.9bn in 2008 and 1.03bn in 2003.