Stories for August 30th 2005
South Georgia poacher to be scuttled in Falklands
Following a conviction for illegal fishing and failure by the vessel owners to pay their fine, the longliner Elqui was awarded by the Falkland Islands court to the Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI).
Significant drop in Chilean unemployment
Unemployment in Chile reached 8,6% in the May-July quarter of this year, which represent a considerable drop from the 9,7% of a year ago, according to the latest release from the Chilean Statistics Institute.
OAS calls for extradition to Venezuela of anti-Castro agent
Organization of American States Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza has called on the United States Justice to extradite the anti-Castro agent Luis Posada to Venezuela, and so contribute with the world war on terrorism.
Record winter season in Chile's ski resorts
The tourism winter season in Chile has been described as the best in the last five years with a significant jump in the number of foreign visitors, reported Oscar Santelices head of the Chilean Tourist Office, Sernatur.
Brazil's ruling party housecleaning operation aborted
The man hand-picked by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to restore trust in the ruling Workers Party (PT) amid Brazil's worst political scandal in more than a decade announced Monday that he will not seek re-election as party chairman next month.
Squid ban extended for the rest of the season
The Argentine Federal Fisheries Council (CFP) unanimously decided to keep the ban on squid (Illex argentinus) north of parallel 44º South for the rest of the season ”given the poor performance of the Buenos Aires-North Patagonian Stock (SBNP) cruise survey and maturity assessment”.
France insists with air ticket tax to fight poverty
France is planning to launch a tax on airline tickets next year to help finance the global fight against poverty, President Jacques Chirac said on Monday.
France Compiles Blacklist for Airlines
Reacting to the “black month” of August France published a list of airlines that aren't allowed to fly its airspace, thus beating European regulators to the punch.
Antarctica tremors help prove Earth's two speed rotation
Tremors occurred in the South Sandwich Islands near Antarctica and detected by seismometers near Fairbanks, Alaska helped elucidate a decades' long geophysics controversy regarding the Earth's rotation and magnetic field.
New chapter for Mercosur-EU negotiations
The European Union and Mercosur will attempt to resume negotiations for a political association and free trade agreement, which have been stalled since October 2004, in next Friday's ministerial meeting to be held in Brussels.
