Stories for May 2013

Friday, May 10th 2013 - 05:51 UTC
Argentine fruit and vegetable exports beginning to rebound; Q1 sales reach 477m dollars

The production and sale of Argentine fruits and vegetables is beginning to rebound after a year in which the sector's problems continued to deepen; loss of competitiveness due to rising costs and lower demand, especially overseas because of the global economic crisis.
Friday, May 10th 2013 - 03:32 UTC
Global Road Safety Week: over 23.00 pedestrians killed yearly in Latin America and the Caribbean

More than 23,500 pedestrians were killed on the roads in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2010, making pedestrians the most vulnerable group of road users in the region.
Friday, May 10th 2013 - 03:22 UTC
With ‘gene-editing’ scientists have produced a disease resistant piglet

A disease-resistant piglet has been produced using new genetic engineering described as ‘gene-editing’. The piglet was born four months ago at Edinburgh's Roslin Institute, and is known as ‘Pig 26’.
Friday, May 10th 2013 - 03:20 UTC
Paraguay beef exports experience 55% recovery in first four months of 2013

Paraguay beef exports soared 54.94% in the first four months of the year compared to the same period in 2012. Shipments totalled 65.000 tons equivalent to 337 million dollars against 44.000 tons and 218 million dollars, according to official stats from the Animal Health and Quality Service (Senacsa).
Thursday, May 9th 2013 - 22:52 UTC
Argentina formalized next October mid-term elections; voting age down to 16 for the first time

Argentina formalized on Thursday the call for this year's primary and legislative elections which will be held on 11 August and 27 October respectively and will see Argentines aged 16 vote for the first time.
Thursday, May 9th 2013 - 22:48 UTC
Major South America cruise industry fair moves to the Pacific, in Chile

Valparaíso, Chile’s main port will be hosting the continental version of the Sea Trade Fair next May 14/15, a major cruise industry event which is celebrated every three years and for the first time in Chile. The previous meetings were held in Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires.
Thursday, May 9th 2013 - 12:26 UTC
Outbreak of mice-vector hemorrhagic fever in Argentina; attacks in rural areas

A 31-yeaar old farm hand died and a 12-year old adolescent has been hospitalized in the province of Santa Fe following an outbreak of Argentine hemorrhagic fever (FHA) caused by the viral agent Junin and transmitted by camp mice.
Thursday, May 9th 2013 - 05:25 UTC
Maduro says he is a ‘Kirchnerite president’ and Venezuela’s ‘second Peronist president’

President Nicolas Maduro said he was a ‘Kirchnerite president’ and the ‘second Peronist president’ of Venezuela during a political rally with Argentine trade unions and militant groups in a packed Buenos Aires stadium to recall the figures of the deceased Hugo Chavez and Nestor Kirchner.
Thursday, May 9th 2013 - 05:19 UTC
Timerman corrects Astori: relations with Uruguay are going through ‘a good moment’

Argentine Foreign minister Hector Timerman said that relations with Uruguay are going through “a good moment”, contrary to recent statements from Uruguayan Vice-president Danilo Astori, and described as ‘false’ the information that two Falklands’ flagged fishing vessels had called into Uruguayan ports.
Thursday, May 9th 2013 - 05:13 UTC
Do you trust this Lady to look after your dollar savings?

The administration of President Cristina Fernandez sent on Wednesday to congress the tax amnesty bill to tap undeclared dollar assets, in the country and overseas, generating a cascade of critical reactions from well known economists while the ‘blue dollar’ in the parallel market seemed to ignore the announcements and kept climbing to a new record high.