Stories for June 8th 2011

Wednesday, June 8th 2011 - 06:37 UTC
Air traffic in Buenos Aires and Montevideo returns to normal as ash cloud disperses

Argentina’s Civil Aviation agency (ANAC) and the Secretariat of Transport announced that the Ezeiza and Aeroparque airports are “now open and operating normally” as the ash cloud spewed by Chile’s Puyehue volcano late Tuesday seemed to be moving away from the Buenos Aires City and part of the River Plate area.
Wednesday, June 8th 2011 - 06:29 UTC
Humala’s victory in Peru seen from neighbouring but distant Chile

Sunday marked the end of a drawn out campaign for Peru’s presidency, as centre-left candidate Ollanta Humala claimed a narrow victory over centre-right candidate Keiko Fujimori.
Wednesday, June 8th 2011 - 06:26 UTC
Relatives of Cuban political prisoner Zapata Tamayo leave with his ashes for Miami

The body of political prisoner Orlando Zapata Tamayo, whose death by hunger strike last year provoked international criticism of Cuba was exhumed for cremation Tuesday, his family said, enabling them to take his remains when they emigrate to the United States.
Wednesday, June 8th 2011 - 06:23 UTC
French team retrieves all salvageable bodies from 3.900 metres deep Atlantic

The French search team has retrieved all salvageable bodies from the sunken wreckage of an Air France airliner which crashed in the sea off Brazil two years ago, victims' families said on Tuesday.
Wednesday, June 8th 2011 - 06:13 UTC
Humala calls US a ‘strategic partner’ and plans to discuss taxes with corporations

Peru's nationalist president-elect Ollanta Humala said on Tuesday he will chart his own course, described the US as a ‘strategic partner’ and promised to discuss with mining companies his plans to tax windfall earnings to pay for social programs.
Wednesday, June 8th 2011 - 06:09 UTC
IMF chief hopeful Lagarde in China after a ‘no commitment’ from India

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde is expected in Beijing after having visited India where officials made a ‘no commitment’ in support of her IMF candidacy. On the weekend her whirlwind global tour takes her to Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
Wednesday, June 8th 2011 - 06:05 UTC
Croatia is “ready to join EU” and “good news” expected on Friday

The European Commission will recommend that EU member governments finalize accession talks with Croatia, clearing an important hurdle on Zagreb's path to joining the 27-strong bloc.
Wednesday, June 8th 2011 - 06:01 UTC
One way Cubana airline tickets to jail for 14 Cubans and a Chilean ring master

A Cuban court has convicted 14 government officials and businessmen and a Chilean entrepreneur for corruption and bribery involving the state-owned airline and a tourism agency.
Wednesday, June 8th 2011 - 03:14 UTC
“A Lula da Silva man steps down; a Dilma woman moves in”

Brazilian Senator Gleisi Helena Hoffmann, 45, wife of Communications Minister Paulo Bernardo has been chosen by President Dilma Rousseff to replace outcast Antonio Palocci as chief of staff.
Wednesday, June 8th 2011 - 02:28 UTC
Embattled Palocci, the most influential official in Brazil’s cabinet, resigns

Brazil’s embattled Chief of Staff Antonio Palocci described by fellow ministers as the most influential official in President Dilma Rousseff's government resigned on Tuesday to prevent a scandal over his finances from becoming an ongoing distraction for the administration.