Stories for October 2006
Latest News feedForum on modern Falklands in London next April
The Falkland Islands government will be displaying an intense public relations campaign in the United Kingdom next April in anticipation of the 25th anniversary of the South Atlantic conflict.
No end in sight for Guatemala/Venezuela UN stalemate
Guatemala and Venezuela’s Foreign Affairs ministers are scheduled to meet Wednesday following another day of inconclusive voting on Tuesday which failed to choose who will be occupying the non permanent seat of the United Nations Security Council.
Lula: party purge and no “major” cabinet reshuffle
Brazilian re-elected president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva strongly defended “urgent changes” in the leadership of his Workers Party and answered criticisms from former president Fernando Enrique Cardoso who has promised “no truce” to the Brazilian president’s second administration.
Climate change will hit Latinamerica particularly hard
Latinamerica will be particularly affected by the anticipated global climate change since the regional economy is highly dependent on natural resources according to a report by British economist Sir Nicholas Stern released this week.
Low cost direct flights Santiago/Sao Paulo
Brazil’s low cost airline Gol began this week direct flights from Santiago de Chile to Sao Paulo in Brazil with rates in the range of 170 US dollars.
Punta Arenas, Chile’s main cruise port
Punta Arenas is forecasted to become this 2006/07 season Chile’s main cruise port with a scheduled 163 foreign and domestic calls surpassing Valparaiso.
Falklands’ “first” for team of United coaches
Carlisle United will make history this week when a team of five coaches become the first delegation from a professional football team to visit the Falkland Islands.
Misiones celebrates; Kirchner administration mute
President Nestor Kirchner received a bashing and Argentina’s cyclical faith in democracy and republican institutions an impressive boost from one of the most under developed and forgotten provinces of the country.
Pulp mill protestors promise more trouble
Uruguayan authorities described on Monday Argentine pickets’ decisions to block traffic on a bridge leading to Uruguay next weekend during the Ibero-American summit as “irrational”.
Lula says Brazil is tired of being an “emerging power”
Re-elected Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva announced his second term will be dominated by political dialogue, government reforms and economic growth to ensure the battle against poverty continues and Brazil definitively abandons the “emerging countries” group.
