Stories for May 2007

Sunday, May 13th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Falkland Islands: As cruise season ends, agents get ready for next

With the tourist season having drawn to a close, it is easy to imagine those involved putting their feet up and waiting for the next wave of visitors, but the opposite is in fact the reality.
Sunday, May 13th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Paraguay: former bishop leads presidential opinion polls

A former Catholic bishop and pre-candidate from the Paraguayan opposition Fernando Lugo, is leading public opinion polls for presidential elections of April 2008 according to the Sunday edition of Asunción daily Ultima Hora.
Sunday, May 13th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Chile's tourism policy is not massive but environment friendly

Growth of the tourism industry must be in parallel with a sustainable environment development which means Chile is not interested in massive tourism but rather in visitors who have a special interest in nature and wildlife, admitted the country's Director of the Tourism Office, Sernatur, Oscar Santelices.
Saturday, May 12th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil Petrobras to sell two refineries to Bolivia YPFB for US$112mn

Bolivia and Brazil have reached agreement after an acrimonious dispute over the nationalisation of two oil refineries in Bolivia owned by Petrobras, the Brazilian government-controlled oil group.
Saturday, May 12th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Thatcher unveils Falklands memorial

Baroness Thatcher met Falkland veterans and unveiled a commemorative arch in Hampshire on Saturday to mark the 25th anniversary of the conflict.
Saturday, May 12th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina confronts Latin American biofuels craze

Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore warned that the drive to produce alternative fuels to combat global warming must not create new forms of environmental damage.
Saturday, May 12th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Angry Protesters Swarm Kirchner's Sister

Striking teachers and public workers tossed eggs and flour at President Nestor Kirchner's sister on Saturday, jostling the Cabinet minister as she visited the president's home province of Santa Cruz.
Saturday, May 12th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
De Menezes killers escape discipline

Eleven British police officers involved in the fatal shooting of a man wrongly suspected of being a suicide bomber will not face disciplinary action.
Friday, May 11th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Political turmoil in Kirchner's province: third governor in 15 months

The governor of the Patagonia province of Santa Cruz resigned Thursday following three weeks of provincial employees and teachers' protests which have caused political chaos in Argentine President Nestor Kirchner's stronghold.
Friday, May 11th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
HMS Exeter at Falklands' war Barrow commemoration

Barrow in Furness shipyard expects 20.000 visitors for the Falkland Islands war 25 commemoration next month. The event will come off the back of the launch of the first “Astute” class submarine on Friday June 8, reports the northwest Evening Mail.