Stories for June 2009

Monday, June 15th 2009 - 19:49 UTC
First Death in Europe of A H1/N1

A victim of swine flu died yesterday in Scotland, the first confirmed death from in Europe, according to the World Health Organization.
Monday, June 15th 2009 - 13:41 UTC
Mujica and Lacalle lead June 28 Uruguayan presidential primaries

With less than two weeks for the presidential primaries in Uruguay, Senator Jose Mujica, a former guerrilla captain, is leading comfortably and should on June 28th emerge as the candidate of the left wing ruling catch-all coalition, Broad Front. In the opposition the most probable presidential candidate will be former president Luis Alberto Lacalle.
Monday, June 15th 2009 - 13:35 UTC
Argentina is “waging economic warfare” on the Falklands

The Falkland Islands government has accused Argentina of waging a campaign of “economic warfare” against it, according to an article in the Sunday edition of The Guardian by Robert Booth.
Monday, June 15th 2009 - 13:28 UTC
Cuban dissident neurosurgeon arrives in Argentina

The Cuban neurosurgeon Hilda Molina arrived in Argentina on Sunday to visit relatives, 15 years after she broke ranks with former leader Fidel Castro over the healthcare system on the island.
Monday, June 15th 2009 - 13:22 UTC
Peru celebrates 110th anniversary of Japanese immigration

Japan’s Prince Hitachi began an official visit to Peru this weekend to take part in the 110th anniversary celebrations for Japanese immigration to Peru.
Monday, June 15th 2009 - 13:16 UTC
Nobel Prize praises PM Gordon Brown for intelligent economic policies

The UK is in the best shape out of all the economies in Europe, according to Paul Krugman, who won the 2008 Nobel Prize for economics. He said that the UK's economic policies had been “pretty good” and called them “intelligent”.
Monday, June 15th 2009 - 13:12 UTC
With four million unemployed, no room for immigrants

“The Spanish economy can’t take any more migrant labour” said Spanish Labour Minister Celestino Corbacho in an interview with one of Madrid’s main Sunday newspapers.
Monday, June 15th 2009 - 12:59 UTC
Peruvian president supports cabinet and admits mistakes

Peruvian president Alan García gave his full support to cabinet chief Yehude Simon and Interior minister Mercedes Cabanillas, whom the opposition are demanding they resign because of the violent clashes with indigenous communities which left over 50 dead (half of them policemen) in the Amazonia province.
Monday, June 15th 2009 - 12:54 UTC
World economy must remain in Intensive Care, says G8

The world's largest economies are beginning to stabilise but still face major risks amid an ongoing global recession, according to G8 finance ministers. At a meeting in Italy of G8 nations, the ministers said stock markets were rising, interest rates more stable, and consumer confidence was returning.
Monday, June 15th 2009 - 12:50 UTC
Former Uruguayan president favours eliminating Mercosur parliament

Former Uruguayan president and the leading presidential hopeful of the main opposition party Luis Alberto Lacalle said that the Mercosur Parliament, Parlasur, lacks all meaning and purpose and proposed its dissolution, in an interview published Sunday in the Montevideo press.