Mercosur

Friday, October 31st 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News update

Headlines: 'Positive and constructive' two days at the OTCC; Ocean 8 cleaned but still leaking; FIRS goes global; Broadband goes rural; Your Views about Penguin News!
Thursday, October 30th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Chile's stock market looses 9.57% in Oct.; Peso down 26% in 08

Chile's stock market climbed 1.93% on Thursday but finished the turbulent October 9.57% down. As with most global markets Chile's bounced back following on a better performance in Wall Street and the Sao Paulo Bovespa index.
Tuesday, October 28th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Falklands present at the OT Consultative Council in London

Elected Councillor Mike Summers is representing the Falkland Islands at the tenth two day meeting of the Overseas Territories Consultative Council (OTCC) which opened Monday in London, presided by Foreign Office Minister Gillian Merron.
Monday, October 27th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Mercosur special meeting with challenging agenda

The Mercosur Council meets Monday in Brasilia to address an agenda of controversial issues: the global financial crisis; commercial asymmetries among country members and Uruguay's veto to former President Nestor Kirchner's for the chair of Unasur.
Thursday, October 23rd 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Rockhopper denies FT; no agreement entered with BHP Billiton

Rockhopper Exploration plc the AIM traded (RKH) oil and gas explorer with licences in the North Falkland Basin, notes the report in the Financial Times today entitled “Smaller producers get ready for consolidation”.
Tuesday, October 21st 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Obama pledge to halt eviction of defaulting homeowners

Unite States Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama has vowed to halt eviction of homeowners defaulting on mortgages, two weeks before the election. He was speaking in Florida, ahead of a joint appearance with his former rival for the nomination, Hillary Clinton.
Tuesday, October 21st 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Mercosur Council meets in Brazil to address crisis

The Mercosur Council, CNC, the highest political body of the South American customs union will be holding an extraordinary meeting next Monday in Brasilia to consider the current global financial crisis, it was announced in Montevideo.
Friday, October 17th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Chilean Tierra del Fuego farm sold for 20 million USD

A long established traditional farm in Chilean Tierra del Fuego in the Timaukel area, has been sold “closed gate” to a group of Chilean investors for which they paid the equivalent of almost 20 million US dollars.
Friday, October 17th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Farmed salmon disease outbreak in Magallanes

Chile's government confirmed this week that Infectious Salmon Disease (ISA) virus is present in the Magallanes Region (Region XII), more precisely at a salmon farm from Nova Austral in the Puerto Natales area, north of Punta Arenas.
Sunday, October 12th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Chile in summer time, forwards clocks 60 minutes

Chile is in summer time with clocks having advanced sixty minutes during the weekend. This means that Chile's Dalylight Summer time is three hours behind Greenwish mean time.