Stories for 2008

Sunday, April 6th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Salmon industry controversy between Chile and NY Times

Chilean media reports that The New York Times “finally published an extract” from the letter sent by the Chilean Ambassador in United States, Mariano Fernandez relative to the Chilean salmon industry which was harshly criticized by the influential newspaper.
Sunday, April 6th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Wealthy China is good for the world, says Bill Gates

China's growing wealth is good for the world, and there will come a time when the influence of the United States shrinks to the level of its share of the world population, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said at a meeting of the Inter-American Development Bank, IDB in Miami.
Sunday, April 6th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Methanex to recover full capacity production in 2011

The huge methanol producing complex belonging to Methanex in Punta Arenas, extreme south of Chile, will only recover full capacity production in three years time, 2011, when a sustained provision of Chilean natural gas is ensured, according to Bruce Aitken, CEO of the Canadian corporation.
Sunday, April 6th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Magallanes has Chile's lowest unemployment rate

Magallanes in the extreme south of Chile continues as the region with the lowest unemployment in the country according to the latest release referred to the December/07-February/08 quarter.
Sunday, April 6th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands' dairy doubles herd; makes yogurt & Che cheese

At the Falkland Islands Stanley Dairy, progress can be measured by the time spent milking the cows. Two years ago when New Zealander Kevin Reynolds arrived with his family to take on the business, his day began before 6am and milking could take anything up to two hours, depending on the mood of the equipment and the 14 cows.
Sunday, April 6th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina tightening poaching control in South Atlantic

Argentina is beefing up patrolling in the South Atlantic to catch poachers and prevent the 201 mile plus “hundreds of vessels” from intruding into Argentine waters, report two journalists from Clarín who were invited on board a coast guard vessel on duty in the zone.
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.