MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for November 2013
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Friday, November 1st 2013 - 08:51 UTC
US aviation regulators clear passengers use of mobile devices from gate to gate
Aviation regulators have cleared the safe use of mobile devices during take-off and landing for US airlines. US carriers are expected to let passengers use smart phones, tablets, and e-book readers from gate to gate by the end of the year.
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Friday, November 1st 2013 - 08:48 UTC
Experts dismiss forecasts of soaring wine prices: worldwide production on the rise
In a much-publicized report released Wednesday, US bank Morgan Stanley said that a worldwide fall in production and growing thirst for wine among Chinese and Americans would send prices rocketing. However industry experts say worldwide production actually rose this year.
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Friday, November 1st 2013 - 05:59 UTC
Argentina will again be 'a normal country', when Cristina Fernandez is out of the political stage
Uruguayan former president Jorge Batlle (2000/2005) said on Facebook that Argentina will again “be a normal country” when President Cristina Fernandez “disappears from the political stage”. And when this happens “the Argentines are going to be happier and as a consequence so will we”.
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Friday, November 1st 2013 - 05:49 UTC
Falklands' electoral debate suggests alternative air-link and better facilities for tourism
An alternative north-south air-link and better facilities for tourism development surfaced at the Falkland Islands candidates debate ahead of 7 November General Election during the FIRS/Penguin News press conference earlier this week.
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Friday, November 1st 2013 - 05:40 UTC
IMF warns about global slowdown and appeals to Latam governments' prudence
The Director of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Western Hemisphere Division, Alejandro Werner, says Latin American and Caribbean economies are well placed to once again sustain relatively high growth rates.
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Friday, November 1st 2013 - 05:31 UTC
Malvinas' flagged vessels ideological solidarity with Argentina costs Uruguay lost jobs and income
To the loss of transshipments from Argentina, estimated in 100 million dollars a year by Montevideo port authorities, must be added the 60 million dollars following the ban on Falklands' flagged vessels from operating in Uruguay, claimed Mario Baubeta, president of Uruguay's Navigation Centre.
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Friday, November 1st 2013 - 05:14 UTC
Malvinas claim 'enshrined in the Constitution and supported by all political parties'
Argentine ambassador in London Alicia Castro in a letter published in The Times, defended the “peaceful call” from President Cristina Fernandez to dialogue and negotiations on the Malvinas Islands issue and underlined that the sovereignty claim over the Islands is 'enshrined in the national constitution'.
