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Shipping Wars: Uruguay and Argentina face off over rival port expansion plans


Shipping Wars: Uruguay and Argentina face off over rival port expansion plans

Argentina and Uruguay both want to be the shipping hubs of South America, or southern South America at least, and both are planning to considerably expand their port infrastructure in Buenos Aires and Montevideo respectively, which is leading to considerable diplomatic strain.

Argentina is a regional power in South America, the country is considered one of the more developed nations on the continent on-par with Uruguay (on paper at least, with a similar per capita income and Human Development Index rating) although the country occupies a majority of the continent with Brazil and presides over ... more


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Sunday 20th May, 2012

    • Angola: Businessmen Told to Seize Argentina's Project Experience

    All Africa

    Luanda - The Angolan minister of Agriculture and Rural Development and Fisheries, Afonso Pedro Canga, Friday in Luanda appealed to the national businessmen to seize the experience of Argentina in ...

    • Angola: Argentina President's Visit to Consolidate Economic Relations

    All Africa

    Luanda - The governor of Luanda province, Bento Sebastião Francisco Bento, said Friday here the visit to Angola of the Argentinean president will permit the consolidation of diplomatic, ...

    • US Loses Twice to Argentina at Team World Cup

    International Herald Tribune

    DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) - Andy Roddick and Ryan Harrison lost singles matches Sunday, giving Argentina an unassailable 2-0 lead over the United States on the opening day of the Team World Cup. ...

  • Uruguay to March for the Disappeared in Dictatorship

    Prensa Latina

    Montevideo, May 20 (Prensa Latina) The Uruguayan organization Families of Detained-Disappeared are scheduled to carry out the 17th March of Silence under the slogan: "We''re going to ...

  • Talk of Chavez cancer downturn rattles Venezuela

    SINA

    Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (R) is welcomed by Cuban President Raul Castro at Jose Marti airport in Havana May 1, 2012. The 57-year-old socialist leader has been shuttling between Caracas and ...

  • UAE's Minister of Environment, Argentina counterpart discuss cooperation

    WAM

    WAM Abu Dhabi, May 20th, 2012 (WAM) -- Dr. Rashid Ahmed bin Fahd, Minister of Environment and Water and Norberto Gustavo Yahuar, Minister of Agriculture of Argentina and his accompanying delegation ...

  • Uruguay Defeat Would Be No Tragedy - Kokorin

    RIA Novosti

    It's not victory that counts in Russia's friendly against Uruguay on Friday, but the chance to go head-to-head with some of the world's best players ahead of Euro 2012, Russia striker ...

  • B&B and Beyond: Tuakaza, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    The Independent

    This small, wooden guesthouse sits in Sao Conrado, on the edge of Rio de Janeiro's main Zona Sul tourist area (Copacabana, Ipanema, Leblon, Vidigal), high in the jungle-covered hills near ...

  • Gigantic Turtle Fossils Found In Colombia

    IBTimes

    turtle specimens from the site. But after spending about four days working on uncovering the shell, I realised that this particular turtle was the biggest anyone had found in this area for this time ...

  • Argentine president to visit Brazil

    People's Daily

    Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff will meet on Friday her Argentine counterpart Cristina Kirchner for talks on enhanced bilateral cooperation, Brazilian authorities said Wednesday.The ...

  • Brazil Serie A wrap: Figueirense edge newcomers

    Soccer Way

    Figueirense kicked off their 2012 campaign with a dramatic 2-1 victory over newly-promoted Nautico at the Orlando Scarpelli on Saturday. Figueirense kicked off their 2012 campaign with a dramatic ...

  • World Briefing | The Americas: Brazil: An Apology for Torture

    International Herald Tribune

    Brazil from 1961 to 1985. Ms. Rousseff is a former leftist guerrilla who spent three years in prison during the dictatorship and was tortured. Paula Pinto, a spokeswoman for Rio’s Social ...

  • Mariel memories: The boatlift that changed everything

    Miami Herald

    A reporter recounts the high drama and danger of the Mariel Boatlift and reflects on how that event changed South Florida’s cultural ...

  • Argentina: All Boys go third, Estudiantes edge win

    Soccernet

    All Boys climbed up to third spot in the Clausura standings with a 1-0 home win over lowly San Martin San Juan.Mauro Matos' 18th-minute strike after a poor kick from goalkeeper Luciano ...

  • Canada beats Brazil in World League volleyball

    The Globe and Mail

    Saskatoon’s Gavin Schmitt scored 33 points, including seven in the fifth and deciding set, as Canada posted a huge upset victory over world No. 1 Brazil on Saturday in the World League ...

  • Canada upsets Brazil in FIVB men's volleyball

    CBC News

    Saskatoon's Gavin Schmitt scored 33 points, including seven in the fifth and deciding set, as Canada posted a huge upset victory over world No. 1 Brazil on Saturday in the World League ...

  • Peru faces rethink in fight against rebels

    BBC

    Dionisio Vilca, a former newsagent, set off earlier this month to search for his son, a 22-year-old policeman who was missing in action in an area of southern Peru where Shining Path rebels ...

  • Fear versus frustration in Dominican Republic vote

    Miami Herald

    SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- A former president whose single term ended with the deepest economic crisis in the modern history of the Dominican Republic is seeking redemption Sunday as he ...

  • Venezuela's Chavez Breaks Post-Treatment Silence

    VOA

    Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez waves to supporters from Miraflores presidential palace at an event marking the 10th anniversary of his return to power after a failed coup in Caracas, ...

  • Mexican youth march against old ruling party

    Miami Herald

    A scandal deepened Wednesday over drug traffickers' political influence as a losing party in a recent state election accused the party it lost to of ties to ...

  • US Secretly Militarizing South America Via False-Flag Iranian Threat

    Infowars.com

    SCREWED! Dick And Eileen's New Book Is Available! Iran Gives Chavez Missiles To Hit The US. In "Screwed!," we document that Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez has cemented an ...

  • International Fund for Animal Welfare : Penguin Stranding Mystery in Brazil Prompts Rescue Attempt

    progressive newswire

    Penguin Stranding Mystery in Brazil Prompts Rescue Attempt YARMOUTH PORT - August 7 - More than 1000 juvenile Magellanic penguins have washed-up either dead or dying along the Brazilian coast and ...

  • Venezuela s musical socialism

    Pravda

    Venezuela has always been a musical country where people love to sing and play instruments, participating in bands, combos, small or big orchestras. Numerous are the videos showing President Hugo ...

  • Standoff ends as hundreds leave Venezuela prison

    The China Post

    CARACAS, Venezuela--A three-week prison standoff that pitted armed inmates against troops ended Friday as Venezuelan officials said the last of more than 1,600 inmates filed out and agreed to be ...

  • Angola: Repsol Cancels Argentina Gas Exports

    All Africa

    Buenos Aires - Spanish firm Repsol has cancelled a contract to provide liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Argentina. The move comes weeks after the Argentine government seized control of Repsol ...

  • Angola: Parliament Speaker for Cooperation With Argentina

    All Africa

    Luanda - The speaker of the National Assembly, Antonio Paulo Kassoma, defended on Friday in Luanda the need for a greater dynamic cooperation between Angola and Argentina in new domains of common ...

  • Angola: Govt, Argentina Analyse Bilateral Cooperation

    All Africa

    Luanda - Delegations of Angola and Argentina met Friday in Luanda to discuss the strengthening of cooperation between the two states. The official talks were opened by the two country's ...

  • Angola: Argentina President Praises Historical Ties in Union of Peoples

    All Africa

    Luanda - The head of State of Argentina, Cristina Fernandez Kirchner, said Friday in Luanda that history and common ties with Angola can unite the two peoples, even more than the economy. Cristina ...

  • Peru-Chile border hit by 6.2 quake, no damage seen

    SINA

    A strong 6.2 magnitude earthquake shook the border area straddling southern Peru and northern Chile early on Monday, but there were no reports of damage, the Andean neighbors' national ...

  • Argentina: Black market grows with currency

    The Seattle Times

    BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — The man in the brown suit doesn't need to speak above a whisper to sell his goods along a busy street in the Argentine capital: "Money change. Money ...

  • Black market emerges in Argentina as government imposes controls to curb capital flight

    Fox News

    BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – The man in the brown suit doesn't need to speak above a whisper to sell his goods along a busy street in the Argentine capital: "Money change. Money ...

  • Japan defeats Peru in Olympic qualifying opener

    Japan Times

    Saori Kimura and Yukiko Ebata led Japan with 11 points apiece in the hosts' 25-13, 25-21, 25-18 victory at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. Mai Yamaguchi had 10 points for ...

  • Police: Ohio tourist fatally run over in Jamaica

    Miami Herald

    Police in the northern Philippines say a minibus so overloaded that passengers were riding on the rooftop has plunged into a 150-meter (500-foot) deep ravine. Eleven people are dead and another 10 ...

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