Stories for September 2007
Latest News feedOzone layer hole reaches outskirts of Punta Arenas
Punta Arenas in the extreme south of Chile, over the weekend and for another couple of days, is estimated to be in the edge of the Antarctic ozone layer hole significantly increasing risks to human beings and living things.
Falklands expect busiest cruise season on record: 81.000 px
The coming Falkland Islands 2007/08 cruise ship season will be the busiest on record with an estimated 81.000 passengers expected to visit the South Atlantic archipelago beginning October 20, reports the Falkland Islands Tourist Board, FITB.
Magallanes has fastest ageing population in Chile
Magallanes Region has the fastest ageing population in Chile with 17.3% of its residents over 60 and also the highest number of single over 60 households in spite of the fact the region has the second highest per capita income of the country.
Powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake south of New Zealand
A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 hit some 500 km (300 miles) southwest of New Zealand on Sunday, but there were no reports of damage and authorities discounted the risk of a major tsunami
Uruguay/Argentina pulp mills dispute: waiting for Oct 28
Uruguayan and Argentine delegates on Saturday held a new round of talks in New York sponsored by the Spanish Crown in an effort to find a way out to the dispute over the construction of pulp mills along the river Uruguay jointly managed by the neighboring countries.
Bluetongue: 11 cases in UK but no idea of how virus arrived
The British government is not complacent about bluetongue and will take action against the disease at “a very high level”, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said.
Argentina: Coppola robbed of 15 years of computer work
Francis Ford Coppola, five-time Oscar-winning director of The Godfather trilogy and other films, knows how that feels. Yesterday he lamented the fact that he had lost computer data including his writings and family photographs going back 15 years in a robbery on his Argentine studios.
Inequality, greatest threat to global stability warns UK
Inequality is one of the greatest threats to global stability and prosperity, the United Kingdom’s Foreign Minister told the General Assembly, issuing a call to industrialized nations to meet their commitments on aid, genuinely reform the international terms of trade and play their part in tackling climate change.
UN: oil and gas reserves competition becoming tougher
The emergence of new players in the global market and shifts in the policies of gas and oil producers means that traditional conglomerates from industrialized nations are facing increasing competition in the race to access the world’s reserves, revealed the United Nations agency on trade and development issues.
United Kingdom main market for booming Chilean wine industry
Chile’s wine and fish exports for the first eight months of 2007 increased a significant 34% and 12% respectively compared to the same period last year.
