Stories for 2007

Sunday, November 4th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Ambani overtakes Gates to become world's richest man

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani became the richest person in the world, surpassing American software czar Bill Gates, Mexican business tycoon Carlos Slim Helu and famous investment guru Warren Buffett, courtesy the bull run in the stock market.
Sunday, November 4th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Heated controversy in Chile over the “morning after pill”

Chile's National Association of Pharmaceutical Chains (Anacaf) met with Chile's Health Ministry (Minsal) this week to discuss fines imposed on those pharmacies that have refused to dispense emergency contraceptives to customers.
Sunday, November 4th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Argentine elected president meets with foreign leaders

Argentine elected president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner will be meeting this week Chilean president Michelle Bachelet and the head of the Spanish government Jose Luis Gonzalez Zapatero, her first interviews with foreign leaders since she won October 28.
Sunday, November 4th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
A divided Venezuela by Chavez reforms takes to the streets

Tens of thousands of Venezuelans marched through the capital Caracas on Sunday, in a show of support for the constitution reforms that will greatly expand President Hugo Chavez's executive powers and eliminate presidential term limits allowing him to run for re-election indefinitely.
Saturday, November 3rd 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Malvinas charter ban, “no policy change” insists Argentina

Argentina's charter flights policy towards the Falkland Islands “remains intact since established in November 2003”, and from then on “no non regular flights, from third flag commercial airlines, between third countries and Islas Malvinas have been authorized”, reports Friday the Buenos Aires press quoting Foreign Affairs ministry sources.
Saturday, November 3rd 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Week of rain leaves a million homeless in Southern Mexico

Massive flooding from a week of rain has forced hundreds of thousands of people in the Mexican state of Tabasco to abandon their homes and seek shelter from the muddy waters that on Friday covered an estimated 80% of this southeast Gulf state.
Saturday, November 3rd 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Guatemala voting for president in neck-and-neck runoff

Guatemalans are set to vote Sunday for president in a second-round election between hardline General Otto Perez and social democrat Alvaro Colom.
Saturday, November 3rd 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Punta Arenas with lowest unemployment percentage in Chile

Magallanes in the extreme south of Chile remains as the region with the lowest unemployment in the country, 3.2% in the July-September quarter. This is considerably less than Chile's 7.7% national average or Greater Santiago's 8%.
Friday, November 2nd 2007 - 20:00 UTC
China hikes fuel 10% but promises no impact to consumers

China has raised fuel prices by almost 10% in an effort to ease the country's worsening supply crisis. Officials hope the extra revenue will make refiners increase production, easing the long queues and rationing at filling stations.
Friday, November 2nd 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Taiana and Foxley to work on common Antarctica policy

Chile and Argentina's Foreign Affairs ministers, Alejandro Foxley and Jorge Taiana will be meeting in Santiago to coordinate a common position on Antarctica following on Britain's announced intention of claiming continental shelf rights off Antarctica.