MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for January 6th 2015
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Tuesday, January 6th 2015 - 07:02 UTC
Argentine farmers netted 24.1 billion dollars from grains and oilseeds last year
Argentine farmers exported more than 300 million dollars worth of grains and oilseeds in the last two days of 2014 to help bring in much needed cash for the nation’s central bank. The situation was boosted by an agreement reached between farmers and the Argentine government regarding foreign currency payment for the grains and oilseed.
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Tuesday, January 6th 2015 - 06:58 UTC
Optimistic forecast for Latin America: 2.2% growth in 2015, up from 1.3% in 2014
Latin America and the Caribbean's economic growth might recover modestly to 2.2% in 2015, up from 1.3% in 2014, its lowest rate since last decade's global financial crisis. Despite the slowdown, the region has managed to maintain its gains against poverty, said Inter-American Development Bank President Luis Alberto Moreno.
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Tuesday, January 6th 2015 - 06:45 UTC
Falklands' waters chosen to experiment Taiwanese high-tech jigger
An energy-efficient squid fishing-vessel sponsored by Taiwan's Council of Agriculture (COA) is heading to the southwestern Atlantic Ocean, north of the Falkland Islands, on its maiden voyage, to begin a six-month testing phase and examine the efficacy of its arrays of light emitting diodes (LED) for catching squid.
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Tuesday, January 6th 2015 - 06:30 UTC
Falklands' dispute: claims Japanese company fished in Argentine and Islands waters
The Argentine ministries of Foreign Affairs, and Agriculture and Fisheries are considering the consequences of a complaint filed in recent days by a top official from a local company (Empresa Pesquera de la Patagonia y Antártica S.A., Pesantar) warning that the vessel “Union Sur” had fished in Falkland Islands last November.
