Stories for October 3rd 2013

Thursday, October 3rd 2013 - 11:03 UTC
Giant squid washes ashore in the Cantabrian Sea; conservation plans

The Cantabrian Maritime Museum (MMC) in the north of Spain has concluded the conditioning for its conservation of a giant squid that was found washed ashore in a beach of Asturias and which was catalogued as an adult female of the cephalopod “Architeuthis Dux” specie weighing 180 kilos and with a total length of eight metres.
Thursday, October 3rd 2013 - 07:19 UTC
Repsol expands 70% a natural gas processing plant capacity in Bolivia

Bolivian President Evo Morales and the chairman and CEO of Spanish energy major Repsol, Antonio Brufau, inaugurated the newly expanded Margarita natural gas processing plant, with a capacity increased of nearly 70%.
Thursday, October 3rd 2013 - 07:09 UTC
Argentina will challenge Uruguay’s decision to expand pulp mill production at The Hague Court of Justice

Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman has confirmed that Argentina will go before the international court of justice at The Hague over the decision of Uruguayan president José Mujica, who on Wednesday authorised increased production at the UPM (ex-Botnia) paper plant.
Thursday, October 3rd 2013 - 06:58 UTC
Spain proposes sharing embassies and consulates with Pacific Alliance countries

Spain has proposed sharing embassies, consulates and trade offices with its Latinamerican associate-members of the Pacific Alliance, Chile, Peru, Colombia and Mexico. Foreign minister Jose Manuel García Margallo said that the idea of sharing some embassies and consulates already is operational in the European Union.
Thursday, October 3rd 2013 - 06:54 UTC
Russian oil giant wants to sell stake in Orinoco project and get out of Venezuela

Lukoil, Russia's second-biggest oil producer wants to sell its stake in a Russian consortium developing a large oil project in Venezuela because it is not a high priority, Lukoil's head said on Wednesday.
Thursday, October 3rd 2013 - 06:48 UTC
US and Venezuela in reciprocating game of expelling diplomats

The United States has expelled Venezuela's top diplomat and two others, after Venezuela kicked out three U.S. diplomats it accused of plotting sabotage. The Caracas government criticized the US response, saying the Venezuelan diplomats had not been meeting with groups opposed to US President Barack Obama.
Thursday, October 3rd 2013 - 06:39 UTC
Berlusconi U turn saves Italian coalition but could mark the beginning of his demise

Silvio Berlusconi backed away from his threat to topple Italy’s coalition government in a humiliating political climb down on Wednesday that could fatally weaken his 20-year grip on Italian politics. The billionaire former prime minister was forced into the last minute U-turn by a revolt that threatened to shatter his conservative party.
Thursday, October 3rd 2013 - 06:35 UTC
‘Exasperated’ Obama warns Wall Street that Republicans could force the US to default on its debt

US President Barack Obama has warned that Wall Street should be concerned that a conservative faction of Republicans is willing to allow the country to default on its debt. The US government has partially closed after Congress failed to agree a budget and will run out of cash on 17 October unless its debt ceiling is raised.
Thursday, October 3rd 2013 - 06:31 UTC
Colombia, Chile and Peru move to integrate foreign exchange markets

Colombia, Peru and Chile announced on Wednesday the integration of their foreign exchange markets in the framework of MILA to facilitate money exchange operations between the three associates which add to a daily average turnover of 2,798bn. So far the Latinamerican Integrated Market, MILA, is operating with a combined stock market for the three nations.