MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for June 2nd 2011
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Thursday, June 2nd 2011 - 04:36 UTC
Honduras readmitted to OAS; only country to vote against was Ecuador
The Organization of American States voted Wednesday to readmit Honduras into the regional body. Ecuador was the only country to vote against the measure, which was approved 31-1.
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Thursday, June 2nd 2011 - 04:25 UTC
Blatter re-elected unopposed; proposes deep reforms for FIFA to fight corruption
Sepp Blatter was re-elected on Wednesday unopposed for a fourth term as FIFA president, shrugging off the scandals that have hit world soccer's governing body to secure another four years in charge.
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Thursday, June 2nd 2011 - 04:15 UTC
Brazil gives definitive approval to world’s third largest hydroelectric dam project
Brazil's environment agency gave its definitive approval Wednesday for construction of the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam, a controversial 17 billion US dollars project in the Amazon that has drawn criticism from native Indians and conservationists.
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Thursday, June 2nd 2011 - 03:59 UTC
Uruguay rejects Zamin Ferrous mining project environment impact report
Uruguay made a long list of objections to the environment impact assessment study presented by the Aratiri mining project which plans open-pit extraction of magnetite (ferrous component) from vast resources in Valentines, the heart of the South American country.
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Thursday, June 2nd 2011 - 03:54 UTC
President Allende’s death “may not have been a suicide” suggests forensic expert
Chile’s national television station TVN ran an investigative program on Monday night unveiling new evidence that former President Salvador Allende’s death may not have been a suicide, as previously believed
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Thursday, June 2nd 2011 - 00:46 UTC
Uruguay's fiscal deficit steady at 1.6% of GDP; lack of rains fuels power bill
Uruguay’s fiscal deficit increased 0.7 percentage points of GDP in April reaching 1.6% of GDP in the accumulated twelve months, reports the Ministry of Economy and Finance. The 1.6% of GDP is the fiscal budget deficit target established by the government for the whole of 2011, which was recently increased.
