Stories for June 2009

Monday, June 8th 2009 - 10:16 UTC
EC recommends UK/Spain “friendly accord” on Gibraltar waters dispute

Spanish diplomatic sources have said that the PSOE Government is willing to offer an agreement on the current dispute over Gibraltar territorial waters that sets sovereignty to one side and concentrates on issues of practical cooperation.
Monday, June 8th 2009 - 10:14 UTC
Possible first case of influenza A/H1N1 in Punta Arenas

A possible first case of influenza A/H1N1 has been detected in Punta Arenas, extreme south of Chile, according to local sanitary authorities. The 24 year old man reacted positive to an indirect immune-fluorescence (IFI) test which identifies the A human influenza virus but further tests are needed to determine if it is the H1N1 variant that is spreading worldwide.
Sunday, June 7th 2009 - 19:16 UTC
Chilean wine prices on sales to UK fall on average 31.2%

Chilean bottled wine prices fell an average of 14.6% on the international market in April, while the quantity of bottled exports increased by 5.2%, according to a recent report by industry advocacy group Wines of Chile.
Sunday, June 7th 2009 - 13:51 UTC
Flight 447: Airbus 330 faulty speed sensors controversy erupts

Brazilian search crews on Saturday retrieved the first bodies from the crashed Air France flight 447 in the Atlantic, and investigators said faulty speed readings had been found on the same type of jets.
Sunday, June 7th 2009 - 13:47 UTC
New Chilean domestic airline takes off June 18

Principal Airlines’ (PAL) imminent domestic service between Santiago, Antofagasta, and Iquique has officially received flight authorization from the Chilean Civil Aviation Authority.
Sunday, June 7th 2009 - 13:43 UTC
Fighting in the Peruvian Amazon turns ugly; death toll in the fifties

Nine Peruvian police officers were killed Saturday after security forces regained control of a petroleum facility in a remote jungle region from indigenous groups that are protesting against logging and oil exploration rights awarded by the government.
Saturday, June 6th 2009 - 14:52 UTC
Poll shows Uruguay’s ruling coalition repeating next October

The Uruguayan ruling coalition could repeat in next October general election according to the latest public opinion poll released this week in Montevideo. Pollster Radar has the Broad Front of President Tabare Vazquez with a vote intention of 46.7% and the sum of the opposition parties with 40.1%.
Saturday, June 6th 2009 - 14:48 UTC
Nuclear sub joins Flight 447 search; Iberia tailing flight sheds some light

While France announced Friday it was sending a nuclear submarine to help find the flight data recorders of the Air France plane, which this week disappeared over the Atlantic, a press report in the Spanish press involving an Iberia plane on the same route but flying ten minutes behind could shed light into what really happened.
Saturday, June 6th 2009 - 14:38 UTC
Peru joins Odyssey/Spain dispute over recovered sunken treasure

United States treasure hunters Odyssey Marine Exploration were dealt a heavy blow this week after a Florida judge ordered the company to hand thousands of silver and gold coins to Spain. The case however could be exposed to another demand, this time from Peru which claims the original gold and silver came from the colonial viceroyship of Lima.
Saturday, June 6th 2009 - 14:36 UTC
US job losses moderating but May rate reached 9.4%

The US White House economic adviser Christina Romer on Friday said that May payrolls data was consistent with a trend of moderating job losses, but the unemployment rate would stay high for a while.