Paraguay

• Thursday, February 9th 2012 - 07:34 UTC

  Paraguay’s second couple in hospital with dengue

  

  Paraguay’s Vice president Federico Franco and his wife lawmaker Emilia Alfaro are in hospital in the capital Asuncion following infection symptoms of the mosquito transmitted dengue which is very common in tropical areas during the rainy season.

• Thursday, February 2nd 2012 - 05:47 UTC

  Brazil will evaluate the impact and legality of Argentina’s latest trade barriers

  

  The Brazilian government expressed concerns over the new Argentine trade barriers going in effect on Wednesday and informed that it would “evaluate its impact and legality” before making any decisions, Foreign Trade secretary Tatiana Prazeres announced.

• Wednesday, February 1st 2012 - 07:48 UTC

  Paraguayan beef exports forecasted to plummet 30% because of FMD outbreaks

  

  The value of Paraguayan beef exports could drop 30% in 2012 compared to the previous year given the loss of markets following two outbreaks of Foot and Mouth Disease, FMD, points out the country’ Centre for Analysis of the Paraguayan Economy, CADEP.

• Tuesday, January 10th 2012 - 05:54 UTC

  FMD in Paraguay: 168 livestock sacrificed and major investigation into previous outbreak

  

  Paraguay veterinary services concluded Monday midday the termination of 168 livestock mostly belonging to a farm where an outbreak of foot and mouth disease was confirmed 2 January in the county of San Pedro to the centre north of the country.

• Sunday, January 8th 2012 - 05:36 UTC

  Uruguay and Argentina among the ten countries worldwide with highest inflation

  

  Inflation in Uruguay was not only far above target domestically but also figures among the ten highest in the world, and in Latam only behind Argentina and Venezuela

• Sunday, January 8th 2012 - 05:14 UTC

  Spain opens tax evasion “hunting season” and targets 8 billion Euros

  

  Spain’s new Conservative Government announced this week a wide ranging plan against fiscal fraud and tax evasion by which it hopes to recoup over 8 billion Euros for treasury coffers in 2012 alone. And it has also announced it will be engaging countries which have ceased to be tax-havens in order to step up the Government’s efforts against tax evasion in Spain.

• Thursday, January 5th 2012 - 05:28 UTC

  Paraguay declares sanitary emergency because of outbreak of FMD

  

  Paraguay declared on Wednesday animal sanitary emergency in the district of San Pedro, 400 kilometres north of the capital Asuncion where this week an outbreak of foot and mouth disease was confirmed in a farm.

• Wednesday, January 4th 2012 - 17:33 UTC

  Brazil will continue to import beef from Paraguay except from the FMD area

  

  Brazil announced it will continue to receive different meats from the whole territory of landlocked Paraguay with the exception of the country of San Pedro were an outbreak of foot and mouth disease was confirmed this week, the second in four months

• Monday, January 2nd 2012 - 20:39 UTC

  Fears of another foot and mouth disease outbreak in Paraguay

  

  Paraguay’ Livestock Sanitary Office has confirmed the isolation of a cattle farm in the north of the country where an apparent outbreak of foot and mouth disease has been reported. The farm is approximately 35 kilometres from the outbreak reported last September.

• Monday, December 26th 2011 - 17:25 UTC

  “Falkland Islands don’t want to join Argentina”

  

  From Monday's Globe and Mail (*)
  The Falkland Islands, a windswept archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean, are a British Overseas Territory, and have been since 1833. The 3,000 inhabitants of this Island are proud to be British subjects, and no amount of Argentine huffing or puffing will change that.