Stories for March 2007 , page 17

Thursday, March 8th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

In spite of pickets Uruguay's summer season was “good”

Uruguay's summer season (December/March) attracted 650.000 foreign tourists of which 412.000 Argentines and 115.000 Brazilians according to an official release Thursday from the Ministry of Tourism. Overall the season was described as “good” but less promising than 2005/06.

Thursday, March 8th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

Joint anti FAM disease program in critical border area

Foot and mouth disease multination sanitary missions will begin acting in the second half of March along the common borders of Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil and Bolivia, where FAM is endemic revealed Uruguayan authorities.

Thursday, March 8th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

Chavez ready for anti Bush display Friday in Argentina

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez cancelled his daily radio program to concentrate on several cooperation agreements to be signed with Argentina Friday and Saturday announced the country's Ministry of Communications.

Thursday, March 8th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

Bachelet's Chile (until 2010), will not have nuclear power

Six days after Chile's government announced a committee to investigate the feasibility of nuclear power, Mining and Energy Minister Karen Poniachik said this week that no nuclear program would start during President Michelle Bachelet's term. The committee's study, costing 200.000 US dollars, will however go ahead.

Thursday, March 8th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

Lan ranked best airline in South America

Chile's LAN was chosen as the premier airline in Central and South America by U.S. magazine Global Traveler. The company received the award based on a reader survey conducted by the magazine between February and August of last year.

Thursday, March 8th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

Ecuadorian police bars legislators from Congress

Police surrounded Ecuador's Congress in Quito Thursday to keep out dozens of Deputies who were fired a day earlier by four electoral judges the lawmakers had sought to impeach in the latest constitutional crisis for the small Andean nation.

Thursday, March 8th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

Euro zone rate up 25 points to 3.75%; unchanged in UK

The European Central Bank raised its key interest rate 25 points to 3.75% in an attempt to keep inflation under control and in the United Kingdom the Bank of England left rates unchanged at 5.25%.

Thursday, March 8th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

Bush's agenda: care for the 200 million Latinamericans in poverty

Extending the benefits of democracy to all the region's peoples and helping 200 million Latinamericans living in poverty to improve their condition are the main purposes of US President George Bush's visit to five Latinamerican countries said Thomas Shannon, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs.

Thursday, March 8th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

Huge security and protests for Bush in Sao Paulo

United States president George Bush arrived late Thursday to Sao Paulo for a 24 hours visit to Brazil, --the first leg of his Latinamerican trip--, amidst serious street protests with eight people injured and scores arrested.

Wednesday, March 7th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

Greenspan: “one third probability” of recession

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said there's a “one-third probability” of a recession this year in United States and that the current expansion won't have the staying power of its decade-long predecessor.