Stories for June 2nd 2006

Friday, June 2nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

Eleven bidders show interest

Eleven companies have shown interest in acquiring the routes, planes and offices of Brazil's embattled Varig airline, the carrier said yesterday.

Friday, June 2nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

Penguin News Update.

Headlines:
Challenge Day makes ?em smile; Belt up - it's the law; Move ?best for tourism'; November date for police trial; How healthy are we?
A Liberation Day performance.

Friday, June 2nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

Chile and Argentina to reopen Tran's Andean train

Bids will be taken in late July for a 270 km railroad concession for a cargo train service connecting Los Andes, Chile to Mendoza, Argentina. Seventy kilometers of the train track are in Chilean territory.

Friday, June 2nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

Argentina: Gay but ?hetero-friendly'

The first five-star gay hotel in Latin America will open in Buenos Aires next year, two Spanish businessmen said yesterday as they launched the project.

Friday, June 2nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

Chilean students offered concessions

President Michelle Bachelet offered several concessions to Chilean high school students, whose nationwide protests have posed an early challenge to her three-month-old government.

Friday, June 2nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

Brazil asks explanation for Mr Blair's gaffe

Relations between Britain and Brazil have struck a new low after a careless slip by the Prime Minister, Tony Blair, during a major foreign policy speech in Washington last week.

Friday, June 2nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

Lula da Silva looks unbeatable for Brazilian opposition

Brazil's incumbent Socialist president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva seems comfortably on track to re-election elections next October reveals a new public opinion poll released this week by Rede O'Globo the country's main network.

Friday, June 2nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

India sets foot in Bolivia with giant steel/iron project

India's Jindal Steel and Power has won the contract to mine and process the rich Bolivian iron ore deposit of Mutun, next to the Brazilian border, an investment in the range of 2.3 billion US dollars, announced Bolivia's Planning and Development Minister Carlos Villegas

Friday, June 2nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

Foreign companies after Chile's untapped gas resources

At the end of June Chile's government owned oil corporation ENAP will release the natural gas final exploration results from the Lake Mercedes area of Tierra del Fuego, revealed to the Chilean press sources from the company.