Stories for April 5th 2008

Saturday, April 5th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

Malvinas veterans demand identification of comrades' remains

A group of Malvinas veterans who last week on the anniversary of the beginning of the conflict visited the Falkland Islands, called on the Argentine government for the identification of all combatants buried in the Argentine cemetery at Darwin, reports the Buenos Aires press.

Saturday, April 5th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

Bs As. received 185.000 cruise visitors this season

Royal Caribbean “Splendour of the Seas” with 800 passengers and a crew of 760 left Buenos Aires this week officially ending another successful cruise season which attracted 185.000 visitors who spent an estimated 110 million US dollars in Argentina's capital.

Saturday, April 5th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

Chile and Argentina launch Cruz del Sur Joint Peace Force

The Joint Chiefs of Staff from the combined Argentine Chilean Peace Force, Cruz del Sur (Southern Cross) was officially imposed this week in Santiago and described as “another landmark” in the bilateral relation of the neighboring countries.

Saturday, April 5th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

Brown and Bachelet call for a “new progressive agenda”

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Chilean president Michelle Bachelet underlined on Friday the urgent need for “a new progressive agenda” to tackle global issues such as climate change, globalization, poverty and inequality in the developing world.

Saturday, April 5th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

Bachelet meets Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle

“Chilean British relations are excellent” said President Michelle Bachelet following the half hour private meeting on Friday with Queen Elizabeth II in Windsor Castle. Ms Bachelet is on an official visit to Britain that includes her participation in a political conference of centre left leaders hosted by Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

Saturday, April 5th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

Petrobras plans drilling off shore Mar del Plata in 2010

Brazil's government managed oil corporation Petrobras Energia announced the investment of 2.4 billion US dollars in hydrocarbons exploration and exploitation in Argentina in the next four years.

Saturday, April 5th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

Unemployment in the US jumps to 5.1% in March

Unite States employers shed 80.000 jobs in March, Labor Department figures have shown, in the latest sign that the US economy may be falling into recession. The decline was the third monthly drop in succession, and worse than market expectations of a 60,000 reduction.