Stories for October 20th 2005
Venezuela claims right to nuclear energy
Venezuela insisted on Wednesday it has an “absolute right” to develop nuclear energy, which will have entirely peaceful ends.
Alexandra Shackleton honoured in Punta Arenas
The only granddaughter of the great British Antarctic expeditionary Sir Ernest Shackleton, the Honourable Alexandra Shackleton is currently visiting Punta Arenas together with Robert Headland, curator of the Cambridge University Polar Museum.
Brazilian FAM pushes beef prices in Chile
The consequences of the foot and mouth outbreaks in Brazil are already being anticipated in Chile and particularly Punta Arenas where beef prices are expected to undergo an increase of up to 20%.
Standards high on tour guides course
THERE is a central pool of ?brain strain' at about this time every year, when a collection of masochistic individuals gather together for the Tourist Board's annually-run Tour Guides Courses.
