Stories for August 2010

Tuesday, August 10th 2010 - 03:22 UTC
Punta Arenas on the move to recover cruise industry lost activity

The business community in Punta Arenas in the extreme south of Chile has begun to campaign to ensure the cruise industry does not abandon the city and is asking authorities for a radical change in the costs policy, which seems one of the main causes for the current situation.
Tuesday, August 10th 2010 - 03:19 UTC
“Human race must look to outer space or it will become extinct”

The human race must look to outer space within the next century or it will become extinct, Professor Stephen Hawking has warned, according to an article published by the Daily Telegraph credited to Richard Alleyne, Science Correspondent.
Tuesday, August 10th 2010 - 01:30 UTC
Argentina confident it can issue debt in US dollars below 9% interest rate

Argentine Economy Minister Amado Boudou confirmed what newspaper Ámbito Financiero had anticipated a week ago: the plan is to issue debt in US dollars but below the 9% mark, which with the current panorama may allow for an even lower percentage index.
Tuesday, August 10th 2010 - 01:25 UTC
Kirchner meets Santos confirms dialogue process with Venezuela

Unasur (Union of South American Nations) secretary general Nestor Kirchner held a meeting Monday with Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos to keep advancing in the dialogue process with neighbouring Venezuela sponsored by the group. Santos and his Venezuelan counterpart are scheduled to meet Tuesday.
Tuesday, August 10th 2010 - 01:21 UTC
Lula da Silva underlines as his main legacy relation with the Brazilian people

With less than five months in office and a public opinion support of 80%, President Lula da Silva considers his most important legacy the relation established between the presidency and the Brazilian people.
Tuesday, August 10th 2010 - 01:15 UTC
Spanish mayor firm on charging fee to tourists visiting Gibraltar

Alejandro Sánchez, the mayor of La Lineá, the Spanish town which adjoins Gibraltar, held a press conference Monday evening. He was accompanied by his council members and briefed the media on his controversial plans to charge an entrance fee to tourists visiting The Rock.
Tuesday, August 10th 2010 - 01:12 UTC
Venezuela will be incorporating several “non-atomic” submarines

Very soon “we will have our submarines cruising” which will be “normal submarines”, with no nuclear capacity at all, pointed out Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, in anticipation of any criticisms “that could suggest such an option”.
Tuesday, August 10th 2010 - 01:05 UTC
Chavez rejects newly nominated US ambassador: “he broke rules of diplomacy”

Newly nominated United States Ambassador Larry Palmer will not be allowed to take up his post in Caracas after criticizing Venezuela's government and policies, President Hugo Chávez said.
Tuesday, August 10th 2010 - 01:02 UTC
Lugo not to abandon term of office in spite of treatment for cancer

Paraguay’s President Fernando Lugo has a second lymphoma nodule in his chest, doctors assured some days after revealing he had cancer. Sources stated that he is not to abandon his term of office.
Tuesday, August 10th 2010 - 01:00 UTC
Giant 260 sq km iceberg breaks off in northern Greenland

A 260 square kilometre iceberg has broken free from the Petermann Glacier, one of the two largest remaining glaciers in Greenland.