Stories for May 30th 2007

Wednesday, May 30th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Opposition Committed to “UN defined Decolonisation”

GSLP/Liberal Opposition will press on for a United Nations defined decolonisation of Gibraltar. That was the message reiterated yesterday by Opposition Leader Joe Bossano on his return from the UN seminar in Grenada.
Wednesday, May 30th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Brazilian group becomes world's leading meat packer

The Brazilian group JBS, which is the leading beef exporter of Latinamerica announced this week the purchase of Swift & Co., the third largest fresh meat (beef and pork) packer in the United States, thus becoming the world's leading meat packer.
Wednesday, May 30th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
False passport of Nazi Eichmann found in Buenos Aires court

The false passport used by high-ranking Nazi Adolf Eichmann in 1950 to escape to Argentina was accidentally discovered in an old court record in Buenos Aires.
Wednesday, May 30th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
India and Argentina business leaders have longest work week

Business leaders in India and Argentina work the longest hours, clocking up to 57 hours a week, according to a survey published this week, while Italians work the shortest week at 47 hours.
Wednesday, May 30th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Record demand collapses Bs As natural gas system

Private car owners and taxi drivers waited patiently in long queues early Wednesday morning in Buenos Aires, hoping to load their fuel tanks although most compressed natural gas CNG stations remained closed or working with an only pump.
Wednesday, May 30th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Uruguay will survey continental shelf for hydrocarbons

Uruguay's government owned oil corporation Ancap signed this week a contract with Norway's Wavefield Inseis ASA for the seismic surveying of the country's continental shelf including deep and very deep waters.
Wednesday, May 30th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Record levels of Illex activity reported in the Falklands

Berkeley Sound in the Falkland Islands, a large natural harbour to the north of Stanley and within relatively easy reach by launch, is where boats fishing within the Islands' Conservation Zones, or on the high seas, come when their freezer holds are full to transfer their catches to larger refrigerated cargo ships or 'reefers'.
Wednesday, May 30th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Unemployment in Magallanes 2.3%, lowest in Chile

Magallanes continues to figure as Chile's Region with the lowest unemployment according to figures released by the local chapter of the country's Statistics Office in Punta Arenas.
Wednesday, May 30th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Chile to double financing of Antarctic scientific research

Chile is planning to double Antarctic scientific research funds this coming season 2007/08 revealed this week in Punta Arenas Jose Retamales, director of the Chilean Antarctic Institute.
Wednesday, May 30th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Mercosur, “an illusion of integration”; Brazil no longer leads

Latinamerica has never been so divided, Mercosur is but an illusion of integration and Brazil has lost its leadership and convergence capacity according to former Brazilian president Fernando Henrique Cardoso who ruled from 1995 to 2000.