Stories for April 2007

Thursday, April 19th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Growing concern about conservation of Machu Picchu in Peru

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is sending a mission next week to the Incan archaeological ruin of Machu Picchu in Peru amid mounting concern about the conservation of the World Heritage Site as tourist numbers increase and urban development encroaches.
Thursday, April 19th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Australian farmers face “unprecedentedly dangerous” water shortage

Australia's “food bowl” along the Murray-Darling rivers basin, which accounts for the country's 41% agriculture produce faces an “unprecedentedly dangerous” situation if it does not rain in the next six to eight weeks warned Australian Primer Minister John Howard.
Thursday, April 19th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Latinamerica upbeat about prospects for 2007 and 2008

Latin American economies have improved fiscal positions and achieved better shape than they have in decades, and risks to that stem mostly from the United States and China, according to a World Economic Forum report issued this week.
Thursday, April 19th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Bolivia admits discrepancies with Brazil over oil compensations

Bolivia's president Evo Morales denied having squabbled with Brazil's Lula da Silva during the recent energy summit in Venezuela but admitted having discrepancies over how much Bolivia must pay for the two nationalized oil refineries from Petrobras.
Thursday, April 19th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Chinese impressive growth keeps surprising and rattling markets

The Chinese economy grew an impressive 11.1% in the first quarter of 2007, but inflation in March rose to 3.3% and fears that rapid expansion will drive interest rates higher weighed on stock markets.
Thursday, April 19th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Malvinas veterans identify officer allegedly involved in abuses

A second Argentine officer allegedly involved in the abuse of conscripts, including the death of several of them, during the 1982 Falkland Islands conflict has been identified by one of the victims, reports this week the Argentine press.
Wednesday, April 18th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Chávez hints at buying Argentine nuclear plant

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez raised the idea of buying a nuclear power plant from Argentina yesterday and playfully suggested to his Colombian colleague Alvaro Uribe that it could be set up near Venezuela's border with Colombia.
Wednesday, April 18th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
“Chavism” is non existent, “it's a president with a checkbook”

Chilean former president Ricardo Lagos denied the existence of “Chavism” (President Chavez ideology) both in Venezuela and in the rest of Latinamerica but rather “a charismatic president with a lot of money available and who lacks a solid political support”.
Wednesday, April 18th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Uruguayan engineer plays dead and is saved from Virginia killings

Uruguayan engineer Guillermo Colman will probably not want to tell about his odyssey during the Monday Virginia Technical University carnage when he saved his life on two occasions playing dead.
Wednesday, April 18th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Spain anticipates “no big news” in pulp mills dispute

Spain's Foreign Affairs Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos cautioned Wednesday that “no big news” can be expected from the first direct dialogue round between Argentina and Uruguay in Madrid regarding the controversy over the construction of a pulp mill in shared waters.