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Montevideo, April 22nd 2025 - 15:45 UTC

Stories for 2009

  • Saturday, August 1st 2009 - 02:47 UTC

    Magallanes region unemployment the lowest in Chile, 4.9%

    Women decided to go to work and reduced the gender jobless rate by half.

    The unemployment rate in Magallanes region, extreme south of Chile during the second quarter reached 4.9% which is more than double a year ago (2.2%). However it was down 1.4 percentage points from the previous quarter, making it Chile’s region with the lowest rate of jobless, according to the latest report from the country’s Statistics Office.

  • Saturday, August 1st 2009 - 02:41 UTC

    Fresh report says world’s depleted fisheries can be saved

    “Like a crime scene investigating for over-fishing”

    There is fresh hope that the world's depleted fisheries can be saved from collapse, says a team of researchers. They said that efforts introduced to halt over-fishing in five of the 10 large marine ecosystems they examined were showing signs of success.

  • Friday, July 31st 2009 - 12:30 UTC

    Japanese rating agency upgrades Uruguay’s debt to stable BB

    R&I underlines the drastic drop in Argentine dependency (loans and deposits) of the Uruguayan banking system, which triggered the 2002 crisis.

    The Japanese Rating and Investment agency has upgraded Uruguay’s debt rating from BB- to BB with a stable outlook according to the latest release this week. This is two slots below investment grade and recognized among other factors the light public debt service burden until 2011.

  • Friday, July 31st 2009 - 12:23 UTC

    Falkland Islands: Penguin News Update

    Lucianne Henry peers out from an igloo built in her garden in the week the Falklands became a winter wonderland. Photo A. Henry

    Headlines: Westerners’ message to councillors: our livelihood is under threat; We’re progressing BFBS TV options Rendell assures.

  • Friday, July 31st 2009 - 12:18 UTC

    Airbus recommends changing speed sensors for US made pitots

    Apparently that was the cause of the crash of the A330 flying from Rio to Paris with the loss of 228 lives.

    Plane manufacturer Airbus has urged airlines to change the make of the majority of speed sensors on about 200 long haul aircraft. Airbus has issued a bulletin to airlines recommending that they switch the parts, also known as pitots, to those made by US manufacturer Goodrich.

  • Friday, July 31st 2009 - 12:12 UTC

    Chile, Panama with the highest rate of imprisoned population

    Mr. Elias Carranza blames inequality and poverty for much of the region’s criminality

    Chile, Panama and Salvador are the three Latinamerican countries with the highest number of imprisoned criminals per 100.000 of population, according to a report from the United Nations Latinamerican institute for crime prevention and treatment of delinquents, INALUD.

  • Friday, July 31st 2009 - 12:04 UTC

    Punta Arenas hosts next week Antarctic science programs summit

    Retamales said 26 countries are expected for the Antarctic meeting

    Chile will host the next annual meeting of the Council of Managers of Annual Antarctic Programs, CMNAP, which convenes 26 countries, reported the organizers. The host city will be Punta Arenas in the extreme south of Chile and headquarters of Chile’s Antarctic Institute.

  • Friday, July 31st 2009 - 07:56 UTC

    Wind Power Investment: Blowing Towards Chile

    Currently Argentina is only sending 10% of the agreed quantity of natural gas to its Andean neighbour, Chile. Faced with an energy crisis beginning to impact upon economic growth, Chile was forced to scour the globe for energy sources says Eugenio Chinchon, a Chilean business development manager specializing in renewable energy.

  • Friday, July 31st 2009 - 06:58 UTC

    Brazilian interest rates forecasted to remain unchanged until end of 2009

    Henrique Meirelles, chairman of Brazil’s Central Bank

    Brazil’s monetary policy makers said the benchmark interest rate (8.75%) is at a level that will spur economic growth without sparking inflation, signalling that they are prepared to keep borrowing costs unchanged through the end of the year.

  • Friday, July 31st 2009 - 06:55 UTC

    Cruise tourism brings £ 4.2 million to Falklands’ economy

    Most visitors interviewed said they were interested in returning for a Falklands’ land-based holiday

    Cruise tourism brought almost £ 4.2 million (almost 7 million US dollars) revenue to the Falkland Islands in the 2008-09 season, according to the Friday release from the Falklands Islands Tourist Board.