Mercosur

Friday, August 8th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News update

Headlines: Little ones take to the stage; Gallantry awards for RAF men; Jobs 'at risk' as C&W moves 181 service to St Helena; Fuel price increases leading to thefts?
Sunday, July 27th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Ecuador's Correa draft constitution, with reelection, passed

A special constituent assembly in Ecuador has overwhelmingly approved a draft of a new constitution sought by the country's President, Rafael Correa.
Saturday, July 26th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Housing rescue bill, passed on Saturday, waits for Bush stamp

Congress passed a housing rescue bill Saturday aimed at sparing 400,000 struggling homeowners from foreclosure. President Bush is expected to sign the measure quickly.
Monday, July 21st 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Mercosur “fantastic but frustrated” idea, ripe in mistakes

Mercosur is an idea which “involved a fantastic but frustrated will power” according to former Spanish Socialist president Felipe Gonzalez. A previous common infrastructure commitment is more important for integration that having “political groupings such as Mercosur”.
Friday, July 18th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Hundreds of penguin chicks swept ashore in Rio do Janeiro

Hundreds of baby penguins swept from the icy shores of Antarctica and the South Atlantic are washing up dead on Rio de Janeiro tropical beaches, rescuers and penguin experts said on Friday.
Thursday, July 17th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Mercosur and EU planning post-Doha trade negotiations

Mercosur and the European Union could resume trade talks in two months time because “we're interested in having an open discussion next September or October” according to the EU commissioner for Latinamerica Stefano Saninno who this week visited Buenos Aires.
Tuesday, July 15th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Mercosur unsatisfied with WTO agenda for next meeting

Brazil's Foreign Affairs Minister Celso Amorim said that developed nations' agricultural subsidies and tariff barriers for farm goods remain the biggest obstacle to an agreement on the long-stalled Doha round of World Trade Organization talks.
Monday, July 14th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Falkland: Illex stocks hit the top for third year in a row

AS the saying goes, you can sometimes have too much of a good thing. High catches of illex taken in the Southwest Atlantic in the last two years flooded the world market and caused a significant drop in squid prices. Together with rocketing fuel costs many fishing companies have struggled to make their fishing profitable.
Saturday, July 12th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
PM Brown urged to discuss Falklands issues with Kirchner

A FOREIGN Affairs Select Committee has urged the Prime Minister to pin down the Argentine president about concerns relating to the Falklands when the visit by President Kirchner, which was cancelled earlier this year, is rearranged.
Tuesday, July 8th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands “Dumbarton Castle” plaque donated to the Burgh

The donation of an eight-foot name plaque from Fisheries Patrol HMS Dumbarton Castle to the Burgh has been described as a “great honor”, according to the Dumbarton Reporter in an article written by Andrew Gibson.