MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for November 8th 2013
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Friday, November 8th 2013 - 14:32 UTC
Mercosur cancels summit until end of January waiting for Cristina Fernandez
The Mercosur summit scheduled for December in Venezuela has been suspended and will most probably take place sometime in late January announced Uruguayan president Jose Mujica who on Friday cancelled a trip to Brasilia to meet with his peer Dilma Rousseff.
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Friday, November 8th 2013 - 06:00 UTC
Venezuela joins the hyperinflation club: 54.3% in last twelve months and climbing
Venezuela's consumer prices rose 5.1% in October, pushing the 12-month inflation rate to 54.3%, the highest mark since the late President Hugo Chávez took power in 1999. The news was released by the central bank on Thursday which also revealed that the scarcity index had reached its highest level since 2009.
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Friday, November 8th 2013 - 05:38 UTC
OIE restores Paraguay free of FMD with vaccination status
The World Organization for Animal Health, OIE restored Paraguay with the status of free of foot and mouth disease, FMD, with vaccination, a condition it had lost back in September 2011. The news was confirmed in Asunción by Paraguay's Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Jorge Gattini
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Friday, November 8th 2013 - 03:07 UTC
Falklands election delivers two new (and most voted) faces to the Legislative Assembly
Without banners, rowdiness or the chanting of political slogans, a good number of Falkland Islanders sat patiently in Stanley Town Hall on Thursday night to await the announcement of the 2013 General Election.
