Stories for June 1st 2008

Sunday, June 1st 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil offers Central America Mercosur and ethanol

Brazilian president Lula da Silva during his official visit to El Salvador invited Central American nations which are grouped in the integration system, SICA, to join Mercosur and strongly promoted the use of ethanol.
Sunday, June 1st 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Regional conflicts and food prices in OAS assembly agenda

The 38th General Assembly of the Organization of American States, OAS, opened this weekend in Colombia and although the motive of the meeting is “Youth and democratic values”, more pressing issues will have to be addressed by the gathering.
Sunday, June 1st 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Significant outlays in Punta Arenas airport concession renewal

Next July 24 the Chilean Public Works ministry will announce the name of the company that will be awarded the concession of the Punta Arenas airport, in the extreme south of the country, said Juan Francisco Miranda the regional representative for the ministry.
Sunday, June 1st 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Financial markets can not govern us!

Appealing to common sense, experience and ethics nine distinguished European political personalities and former elected officials have sent a letter to the President of the European Commission warning about the consequences of the current financial crisis, which is showing “once again that the financial market is not capable of self-regulation” and calls for the immediate naming of a “European crisis committee”.
Sunday, June 1st 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Tracking satellite for Chilean military and civilian use

Chile's Defence Ministry will be deciding in the coming days the acquisition of a satellite, dual purpose, military and civilian which is estimated would cost in the range of 70 million US dollars, according to military sources in Santiago.
Sunday, June 1st 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil promotes drastic cuts in regional air fares

Brazil's National Civil Aviation Agency which controls commercial flights policy in the country announced it will authorize discounts of up to 80% on plane tickets to destinations within South America.
Sunday, June 1st 2008 - 21:00 UTC
UN praises World Bank funding to tackle food crisis

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed the 1.2 billion US dollars in funding from the World Bank to help tackle the global food crisis that has emerged in recent months.
Sunday, June 1st 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Unemployment creeps in Chile with 8.2% in Santiago

Unemployment continues to creep up in Chile, but the construction and financial services sectors softened the blow by adding more jobs in April than any other sector, the Chilean Statistics Institute (INE) reported on Thursday.
Sunday, June 1st 2008 - 21:00 UTC
SnoMotes rovers to help collect data on melting ice shelves

US researchers from the universities of Georgia and Pennsylvania have created specially designed robots, called SnoMotes which will help collect information on the world's ice melting shelves in the Arctic and Antarctica.