Stories for 2017

Saturday, January 7th 2017 - 08:35 UTC
Chile reports avian influenza at a turkey farm: all birds to be culled

Chile has detected avian influenza H7 at a turkey production plant run by poultry producer Agrosuper in the country's central Valparaiso region. All affected birds (350,000) will be culled. No data regarding N type were given.
Saturday, January 7th 2017 - 07:35 UTC
Half the Argentine labor force make a monthly average of US$ 565, says Indec

Half the Argentine labor force employed was making at the end of the third quarter a monthly average of 9.000 Pesos, equivalent approximately to US$ 565, while the poorest 10% averaged 2.500 Pesos (approx US$ 165) and the richest 10%, anywhere from 20.000 to 250.000 Pesos (US$ 1.250 to 15.000) a month, according the revamped Argentine stats and census office, Indec.
Saturday, January 7th 2017 - 07:14 UTC
Uruguayan bureaucrats good at cooking inflation numbers

Last December, the CPI actually contracted 0.55%, something similar to what happened twelve months before helped by a significant decrease in the power rate, estimated at 19.65% and which benefitted over a million clients. The logo of the end of the year bonus campaign is “Ute Prize” (UTE is the Uruguayan power company which works under a government monopoly regime).
Friday, January 6th 2017 - 12:02 UTC
Haiti election results confirm Jovenel Moise as next president

The Electoral Observation Mission of the Organization of American States (EOM/OAS) in Haiti welcomed the announcement of the final results of the presidential election held on November 20, 2016.
Friday, January 6th 2017 - 11:34 UTC
Falklands' identification of Argentine soldiers will be done in strict confidentiality

The Argentine media has published details of the Red Cross humanitarian mission in the Falkland Islands to identify the remains of the 123 unknown Argentine soldiers buried at the Darwin cemetery, and a single word stands out, confidentiality, from the beginning to end, including a final assessment to decide what will effectively be released to the media.
Friday, January 6th 2017 - 10:45 UTC
“Celebrity Eclipse” will be returning to Argentina for the 2018/19 cruise season

Celebrity Cruises will be returning to Argentina in the 2018/19 season, and in a big way, with the Solstice class vessels, the “Celebrity Eclipse”, according to their local agents in Buenos Aires, Navijet S.A. “Celebrity Eclipse” is among the top twenty largest cruise vessels was launched in 2010, has a maximum capacity of 4.400 including passengers and crew members.
Friday, January 6th 2017 - 10:30 UTC
Hake ban in the shared Argentina/Uruguay River Plate and outer zone

Uruguay and Argentina have imposed a hake catch ban in the shared fishing zone of the River Plate until the end of March, and also established a full twelve month catch of 50.000 tons.
Friday, January 6th 2017 - 08:10 UTC
Falklands: Argentine airlines not in the running for a second flight

Only Brazilian or Chilean airlines need apply for a second flight to the Falkland Islands from South America it was indicated in a press briefing given in Stanley at the end of December, after MLAs returned from talks in London.
Thursday, January 5th 2017 - 10:29 UTC
China/UK first train freight service: cuts by half the time of the sea link

China launched its first freight service to the United Kingdom on New Year's day, according to the China Railway Corporation. The service runs from the Chinese city of Yiwu, in the country's eastern Zhejiang province, to Barking in London. The journey lasts for an average of 18 days and more than 12,000 kilometers, according to a Chinese government website.
Thursday, January 5th 2017 - 10:19 UTC
The Queen recovering and back at the helm, say palace sources

Britain's Queen Elizabeth has given an honor to a member of her staff in a private ceremony, resuming official duties as she continued to recover from a heavy cold that forced her to miss Christmas and New Year church services, a spokeswoman said.