Stories for January 14th 2014

Tuesday, January 14th 2014 - 23:54 UTC
US congress negotiating spending bill to avoid another shutdown of government

Negotiators in the US Congress unveiled a 1.1 trillion dollars spending bill that aims to prevent another government shutdown while boosting funding levels slightly for military and domestic programs - but not for “Obamacare” health reforms.
Tuesday, January 14th 2014 - 23:49 UTC
Forces line up for Scotland's September vote on independence: Hague in Glasgow

UK Foreign Secretary and Chief Secretary of the Treasury are scheduled to launch on Friday in Glasgow a Scotland analysis paper, the first in the series to be published since the launch of the Scottish Government’s White Paper in November. Next September Scotland is holding a vote on independence.
Tuesday, January 14th 2014 - 18:34 UTC
Falklands fisheries will come under attack from Argentina so as to 'strangle the Islands'' economy

Argentina is preparing a battery of instruments to attack the Falklands fisheries and involved fishing companies with the purpose of 'strangling the economy' of the Islands thus forcing the UK to sit and dialogue on South Atlantic Islands sovereignty, according to a piece by La Nacion columnist Martín Dinatale.
Tuesday, January 14th 2014 - 13:12 UTC
South Georgia grey-headed albatross added to the 'endangered species' list

Encouraging and bad news for albatrosses: while the black-browed has been down-listed from 'near threatened' the grey-headed albatross is in rapid decline and considered “endangered” mainly because of fishing activities, reports the latest edition of the South Georgia Newsletter.
Tuesday, January 14th 2014 - 07:50 UTC
China becomes the leading market for Uruguayan meat exports

Uruguay's meat exports slid 6.5% in volume during 2013 compared to the previous year, but the big news is that China has become the main client for beef, followed by Nafta countries, (US, Canada and Mexico), according to the latest release from the country's National Meat Institute, INAC.
Tuesday, January 14th 2014 - 07:46 UTC
A 25-ton dead sperm whale finally removed from a Montevideo beach

The remains of a sperm whale that washed ashore in one of Montevideo's beaches were finally hauled in a truck for burial in a municipal dump where a huge hole was drilled for the 16 meters long cetacean.
Tuesday, January 14th 2014 - 07:39 UTC
Argentine Supreme court Judge blasts the police and the political elite

To avoid a repeat of recent police strikes and the violence that followed the government should review the structure of Argentina’s police force, Supreme Court Justice Eugenio Zaffaroni declared, taking aim at both the country’s police and its political elite.
Tuesday, January 14th 2014 - 07:32 UTC
Mercosur and EU to exchange tariff reduction proposals in early February

Paraguay's Foreign minister Eladio Loizaga said on Monday that at the latest in early February Mercosur and the European Union would be exchanging their tariff reduction proposals for the much delayed free trade agreement. The deadline originally was December but it was delayed on request from Brussels.
Tuesday, January 14th 2014 - 07:23 UTC
Prison sentences for those who drill for oil in Malvinas waters, warns Argentina

”Argentina will defend its claim” over the Malvinas Islands and companies drilling for oil off the coast of the contested resource-rich archipelago “will not only face administrative consequences but also prison sentences” warned Daniel Filmus, head of Argentina's recently created Malvinas Islands Secretariat, in an interview with The Guardian.
Tuesday, January 14th 2014 - 00:54 UTC
Chile, Peru prepare as Hague Court sets to resolve territorial dispute

With the decision over ongoing maritime dispute between Chile and Peru just weeks away, government officials on both sides insist relations between them are strong. On Jan. 27 Peru and Chile are set to find out who has legal ownership over 14,500 square miles of fishing waters off their borders, putting an end to a centuries-long dispute and ending a five year international court case.