Stories for July 2011

Wednesday, July 20th 2011 - 18:48 UTC
Antarctica 2010/11 visitors totalled 33.824, down 8.3%, says IAATO

With the formal end of the tourism season in the Antarctic, the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) has released its final numbers for 2010-11. The total number of visitors to the region traveling with IAATO member-operators was 33,824.
Wednesday, July 20th 2011 - 11:30 UTC
Fantastic fund raising helped clear rodents from 600 hectares in South Georgia

A fantastic £60,000+ of funding was raised for the SGHT Habitat Restoration Project on South Georgia in the 2010-2011 season thanks to the many visitors who sponsored a hectare.
Wednesday, July 20th 2011 - 11:22 UTC
Ahead of major international events, Brazil Tourism Board names new president

The Brazil Tourism Board (Embratur) named Flavio Dino, a former federal congressman, as its new president, succeeding Mário Moysés.
Wednesday, July 20th 2011 - 11:17 UTC
Cuba imports 60% of rice consumption, the basic diet; main supplier Vietnam

Cuba is forced to import more than 400,000 tons of rice each year, 60% of the total amount of this dietary staple consumed on the island, according to official figures published Sunday by the daily Juventud Rebelde.
Wednesday, July 20th 2011 - 11:09 UTC
Fossils discovered in Uruguay could derail America’s population-origin theory

Recent excavations in Uruguay to uncover and begin researching fossilized remains estimated to date back 29,000 years could shoot down the theory that the populating of the Americas came via the Bering Strait some 12,000 years ago, Uruguayan scientists said.
Wednesday, July 20th 2011 - 09:22 UTC
Reduced Chinese import makes and cheaper palm oil, see G-3 exports fall

Soybean processing and exports from the US, Argentina and Brazil, the largest shippers, were below expectations in the second quarter on reduced Chinese imports and competition from palm oil, Oil World said in a Tuesday released report.
Wednesday, July 20th 2011 - 07:22 UTC
A humble Murdoch blames in Parliament the “people I trusted” for the phone-hacking scandal

Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch and his son James testified Tuesday to a British parliamentary committee at which he defended his son and his company over a scandal that has rocked the British establishment.
Wednesday, July 20th 2011 - 07:10 UTC
EU/Mercosur trade talks ‘only after the October election’, requests Argentina

On request from Argentina advance on EU/Mercosur trade talks will be delayed until after next October’s presidential election, revealed the EU Trade Commissar Karel de Gucht.
Wednesday, July 20th 2011 - 07:01 UTC
Chile’s tsunami victims protest violently demanding government honours aid promises

Residents of Dichato, Chile, capped off a week of demonstrations with violent protests to demand the government revamp assistance efforts for victims of the tsunami that devastated the area in February 2010.
Wednesday, July 20th 2011 - 06:57 UTC
Iran insists in cooperating with Argentina to clarify 1994 attack on Jewish centre

Following Iran’s offer Sunday to help investigate into the attack on the Argentine Jewish community centre (AMIA) which took place in 1994 and claimed the lives of 85 people, Teheran insisted in cooperating with Argentina to uncover the truth behind the attack, and make efforts to prove the innocence of the accused Iranian people.