Stories for June 12th 2009
Latest News feedUS Congress offers support for Peruvian Amazonia land disputes
The United States Government and Congress will support Peru in finding a solution through dialogue, with indigenous communities regarding the improvement of the Forestry and Wildlife Law, which is essential for the for the implementation of the bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA), the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur) reported Friday.
Brazil considers G8 is no longer a valid political decision group
“G 8 is over as a political decision group” since “it represents nothing at all” and it’s not a valid instrument to address the reform of the global financial system, said Brazil’s Foreign Affairs minister Celso Amorim during a seminar in Paris on Mercosur.
China, Japan caution about Rio Tinto/BHP Billiton tie-up
Australia’s resource minister has dismissed threats of sanctions from China against its two largest mining firms Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton.
“Black boxes” are obsolete technology says air safety pioneer
Whether the black boxes from Air France flight 447 are found or not, the crash has shown that new technology is needed to record a flight’s last moments in real-time, an aviation expert argues.
Payments to Chilean businesses in Venezuela delayed
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has rescheduled his visit to Chile yet again, amidst growing tensions related to his country’s failure to make timely payments to 52 Chilean businesses – a sum amounting to more than 80 million US dollars.
Public opinion rapidly loosing enchantment with Mercosur
Mercosur supports significant institutional deficits, lacks clear bearings, negotiations with the European Union are stalled and there is a devalued public opinion perception of the block, which is attempting to become a customs union.
Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News Update
Headlines: “No place for claim” UK representative’s message to Argentina; Community Safety director: recruitment to begin overseas; Swine flu increase in Chile, Falklands still clear.
Clearing the Amazon for cattle and soy a “boom-bust cycle”
Cutting down Amazon forest for cattle and soy does not bring long-term economic progress, researchers say. A study of 286 Amazon municipalities found that deforestation brought quick benefits that were soon reversed.
Lack of snow postpones beginning of Chile’s ski season
Ski addicts will have to wait a little longer this year before they can begin gliding down Chilean slopes. Although ski resorts were set to open this week, the lack of precipitation - and consequently of snow – has forced ski resorts to postpone their openings until at least the end of June.
A/H1N1 flu: Ban Ki-moon cautions against “rash and discriminatory” actions
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon cautioned on Thursday against undue alarm while stressing the need for preparedness, as the United Nations health agency announced that the world is experiencing an influenza pandemic caused by the new A(H1N1) virus.
