Stories for April 2007

Wednesday, April 4th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Urges Peru protest suspension over land mine

Peruvian nationalists are scheduled to illegally cross into Chile Wednesday in protest of a historic border dispute. But if the event goes as planned, Chile's Interior Minister Belisario Velasco warned Tuesday that the protest could turn deadly.
Wednesday, April 4th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands Governor defends Police over flag incident.

The Falkland Islands Governor Mr. Alan Huckle has defended the policy adopted by the local Police Force after a group of Argentine 1982 war veterans raised an Argentine flag in the Cemetery at Darwin on Monday 2nd April, the 25th anniversary of the Argentine invasion of the islands. Many islanders questioned why the Police did not forcibly prevent the veterans from displaying the flag on British sovereign territory.
Wednesday, April 4th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Chile: Airline wars continue

The battle between Chile's three principle domestic airlines, LAN, Sky and Aerolínes del Sur has become increasingly heated over the past months.
Wednesday, April 4th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Argentine teachers clash with police

Argentina's main teachers' union called for a one-day national strike next week after protesting colleagues seeking higher pay clashed with riot police in two provinces Wednesday
Wednesday, April 4th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Chile's armed forces 100 percent voluntary for first time in history

Chile's Armed Forces announced Tuesday that the 16,050 new recruits for 2007 were all volunteers. Citing the new recruitment law which provided funding for marketing and better benefits for solders, over 40,000 applications were received for the available spots.
Wednesday, April 4th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands Conflict: this was not a war of Nuñez versus Clement.

Today, Wednesday 4th April, Mario Oscar Nuñez, late of the 12th Argentine Infantry Regiment and Gary Clement, late of 45 Commando, Royal Marines, set off from Stanley, the capital of the Falkland Islands, known to the Argentineans as Las Islas Malvinas, on a journey, which would take them approximately one hundred kilometres and twenty-five years back in time.
Tuesday, April 3rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Possible weather pattern changes as El Niño becomes La Niña

The most recent El Niño, the periodic weather pattern that can have repercussions around the world from torrential rains and floods in the Americas and Africa to droughts and brush fires in Australia and Asia, has now ended and a transition to its mirror image, La Niña, is a substantial possibility, according to the latest United Nations forecast.
Tuesday, April 3rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
US-Chilean trade booming, up 25% over January 2006

During January 2007 trade between Chile and Untied States reached 1.29 billion US dollars, up 26% from the same month in 2006, according to the latest report on bilateral trade from the Chilean-North American Chamber of Commerce. (AmCham).
Tuesday, April 3rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Botnia pulp mill closed down 48 hours because of accident

The controversial Botnia-Orion pulp mill under construction in Uruguay and which has caused an escalating conflict with neighboring Argentina will cease all activities for 48 hours following the death of a welder assistant crushed Tuesday in a labor accident.
Tuesday, April 3rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action Day

Although efforts to curtail landmines have been successful, much remains to be done as the devices still kill nearly 20,000 people every year, the top United Nations peacekeeping official said on the eve of the second-ever International Day dedicated to curbing the scourge (April 4).