Stories for May 2014

Tuesday, May 20th 2014 - 19:35 UTC
Falklands visited by Punta Arenas experts in ports, logistics and shipping

A group of managers representing Punta Arenas port facilities, logistic companies and shipping companies visited the Falkland Islands last week with an ultimate aim to offer solutions to the current and future commercial needs of the Islands.
Tuesday, May 20th 2014 - 09:45 UTC
Joint global efforts to stop IUU fishing

International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) president Susan Jackson considers the improvement of vessel registration schemes and the eradication of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU) activities should be the top priority for all ocean conservation organizations.
Tuesday, May 20th 2014 - 09:19 UTC
Falklands company wins prize at Brussels seafood show for third year running

Patagonia squid caught by the Falkland Islands Beauchene Fishing Company trawlers, scored a hat trick at the Brussels Seafood Exposition this year, winning a quality taste testing award for the third year running, through marketing company Marfrio.
Tuesday, May 20th 2014 - 08:55 UTC
Catholic Church and Cristina Fernandez downplay impact of recent document on 'violence in Argentina'

One of the Pope’s closest collaborators, Argentine Monsignor Guillermo Karcher, said “there is no reason to look for causes for conflict” in the Episcopal Conference document released last week about “violence” in Argentina.
Tuesday, May 20th 2014 - 08:48 UTC
Brazil World Cup host cities with an early warning system for dengue

A heightened risk of an outbreak of dengue fever during the upcoming soccer World Cup in Brazil has prompted a high alert in three out of 12 host cities. For the first time, scientists have developed an early warning system that predicts the risk of dengue fever infections throughout parts of Brazil.
Tuesday, May 20th 2014 - 08:42 UTC
Rousseff announces 70bn dollars for Brazilian agriculture at 6.5% interest

President Dilma Rousseff announced Monday that the government will make available to Brazil's farmers and ranchers a 156.1 billion Reais (70.5 billion dollars) credit line, a hike of 14.7% over the previous season.
Tuesday, May 20th 2014 - 08:33 UTC
Credit Suisse pays 2.6bn dollars fine for helping US clients avoid taxes

The Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse has pleaded guilty to helping some US clients avoid paying taxes to the US government and agreed to pay a 2.6bn fine. It is the biggest bank to plead guilty to criminal charges in the US in more than 20 years.
Tuesday, May 20th 2014 - 08:27 UTC
Hailstorm blankets Sao Paulo: good news for the city was running out of water

An unusually heavy hailstorm in Brazil's largest city, Sao Paulo, has brought residents out onto to the streets to play with the ice it left behind. For many of them, it was the first time they had seen huge ice balls littering the streets of the subtropical city.
Tuesday, May 20th 2014 - 08:19 UTC
Antarctica ice sheet loss has doubled since 2010, shows CryoSat satellite

The Antarctic ice sheet has lost ice twice as quickly in the past three years as when it was last surveyed between 2005 and 2010, say scientists. Results from the CryoSat-2 satellite mission, published Monday in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, say the largest ice sheet on Earth is now losing 159 billion tons of ice each year.
Tuesday, May 20th 2014 - 08:07 UTC
Pele admits tourists are cancelling trips to Brazil because of protests and delays

Protests in Brazil and delays in building stadiums are putting the World Cup next month at risk and prompting tourists to stay away, soccer great Pele said on Monday. Brazil's tournament organizers have faced headwinds since the country was tapped to host the World Cup in 2007.