Stories for April 6th 2010
CFK and Mujica discuss Bolivian gas and the Botnia pulp mill ruling
Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, CFK and her Uruguayan counterpart José Mujica met Monday afternoon during a surprise visit to the Olivos presidential residence in Buenos Aires.
Argentina protests Chinese sanitary restrictions on soy-oil imports
Argentina formally protested on Monday a possible move by China to block imports of Argentine soybean oil in a trade row that threatens a key export of the country and last year involved almost 1.5 billion US dollars.
Argentina began servicing public debt using Central bank reserves
Argentina began servicing public debt using Central Bank reserves after making its first payment Monday, according to sources from the Economy Ministry.
President Hu Jintao to visit this month Brazil, Venezuela and Chile
Chinese president Hu Jintao will be visiting Brazil, Venezuela and Chile in mid April according to a release from Beijing. From an international summit on nuclear security, April 12/13, President Hu Jintao will travel to Brazil for the second BRIC summit, scheduled from April 14 to 17.
Beijing tells Washington that Yuan policy Taiwan and Tibet are in the same bag
Amid the currency row with the United States, China has indicated that it may adjust its financial policy to take care of Washington's concerns if the White House respects Beijing's “core interests” in Taiwan and Tibet.
US concerned about impact of Venezuelan purchase of Russian arms in Latam
The United States Department is questioning Venezuela's need to buy billions of dollars in weapons from Russia, voicing concern the arms may end up elsewhere in Latin America.
Argentine hake landings confirm lack of fisheries management
Latest official data from Argentina’s Fisheries and Aquaculture Sub-secretariat indicates that 41.163 tons of hake (Merluccius hubbsi) were landed in Argentine ports between 1 January and 29 March. This is 33.5% less than in the same quarter of 2009 when 61.886 tons were unloaded.
Buenos Aires City surrounded by two million Argentines living in shanty towns
Over two million people live in a thousand shanty towns in the surroundings of Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires in conditions of extreme marginality and precariousness, according to official data released by the weekend press.
