Stories for June 2007

Saturday, June 30th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
President Hugo Chavez calls for Belarus partnership

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called for a strategic partnership with Belarus Friday, calling his Belarusian counterpart a &quotbrother-in-arms&quot and lamenting the pressure he said the United States was putting on Minsk and Caracas
Saturday, June 30th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands admitted to the International Cricket Council

The International Cricket Council (ICC) completed a unique 'century' Friday when it admitted four new countries, Cameroon, The Falkland Islands, Peru and Swaziland - taking its membership to 101.
Saturday, June 30th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
If Brazilian right is stronger, we'll quit Mercosur, said Chavez

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez said he's willing to withdraw his country's request to become full member of Mercosur because in his own words it's a mechanism “marked by capitalism and ferocious competence”, according to an official news release.
Friday, June 29th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News update

Headlines:
Our men in New York; Forty years of loyalty to the Falklands; New bullying claims rock police force; Liberation 'indiscretion'; Health survey results comino.
Friday, June 29th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Severe air pollution plagues Chilean cities

Cold winter conditions and the lack of wind are exacerbating air-quality problems in Santiago and Chillán; pollution in both cities has reached extreme levels.
Friday, June 29th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
US import ban on five types of Chinese seafood

United States announced it will halt imports of five types of farmed Chinese seafood, claiming they contain antibiotics that are not allowed in North America
Friday, June 29th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Sovereignty dispute “excludes” Falklands from C24 self determination

The much disputed clause which would have the United Nations General Assembly exclude Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands from the full exercise of self-determination because they are caught in a “sovereignty dispute” was adopted by the UN Committee of 24 this week and passed to the UN fourth committee, reports the Gibraltar Chronicle.
Friday, June 29th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
IMF and World Bank cooperating “unconditionally” with Bolivia

The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank are cooperating “unconditionally” with Bolivia's government after months of frosty relations, said President Evo Morales during his visit to Zurich, Switzerland.
Friday, June 29th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil's unveils ten year 133 billion US dollars oil & gas plan

Energy corporations will invest 133 billion US dollars in the next ten years looking for oil and gas in Brazil according to a release from the country's Ministry of Mines and Energy.
Friday, June 29th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Uruguay buys 90 service stations from Chevron-Texaco

Uruguay's state-run energy company Ancap bought this week 90 service stations from Chevron Corp operated locally under the Texaco banner, for 22.5 million US dollars.