Stories for 2008

Thursday, April 24th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Lack of rains forecasts energy rationing in Chile

Chile seems to be inevitably heading for a serious energy shortage in the coming months with electricity rationing almost a certain possibility because of the hydrological conditions suffered by the country under the full impact of the Pacific Ocean La Niña current.
Thursday, April 24th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Economist links lower US rates with soaring oil, food prices

Surging commodity price inflation should deter the United States central bank, the Federal Reserve from cutting its benchmark lending rate below 2%, suggested National Bureau of Economic Research President Martin Feldstein on Tuesday.
Thursday, April 24th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
HMS Nottingham in UK; HMS Liverpool bound south

HMS Nottingham returns to her home port of Portsmouth on Friday after a six-month operational deployment patrolling the South Atlantic conducting maritime security operations.
Thursday, April 24th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
US supports South American Defence council proposal

The Brazilian proposal for a South American Defence Council is considered “interesting” by United States but Washington has no immediate reaction to the issue said Thomas Shannon, US Under Secretary of State for Latinamerica, according to an interview published in the Sao Paulo financial newspaper, Valor.
Thursday, April 24th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Punta Arenas airport marks record passenger growth

Passenger traffic in Punta Arenas airport, extreme south of Chile, increased 14% during 2007 according to statistics supplied by the head of the air terminal, Juan Carlos Oneto.
Thursday, April 24th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
UN warns on biodiversity loss impact for medicine

Finding treatments for cancer, thinning bone disease and kidney failure are at risk due to biodiversity loss, a ground-breaking new United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) book cautioned.
Thursday, April 24th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Poor countries have yet “to benefit from trade liberalization”

Landlocked and least developed countries (LDCs) have been further marginalized as a result of trade liberalization, which has led to increased growth in many parts of the world, a senior United Nations official has said.
Thursday, April 24th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Paraguay: progressive president and conservative congress

Paraguay's President-elect Fernando Lugo will face a largely conservative Congress that may make carrying out his reforms difficult, according to the vice president-elect Federico Franco.
Wednesday, April 23rd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Bachelet calls for a regional security and defence policy

Chilean president Michelle Bachelet invited Army chiefs from Mercosur and associate countries to consider the development of a common security and defense policy for Latinamerica.
Wednesday, April 23rd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentine farmers frustrated with government tactics

Argentine farmers and government officials couldn't reach an agreement Tuesday on wheat taxes triggering fears of a revival of the three week protests which caused food shortages and a major political challenge to the administration of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.