Stories for July 2011

Saturday, July 9th 2011 - 06:51 UTC
Obama says debt-limit controversy fuelling uncertainty in the business sector

President Barack Obama cited gloomy jobs numbers as one more reason lawmakers must strike a deal soon to raise the US debt limit, saying the impasse was fuelling uncertainty within financial markets and in the business sector.
Saturday, July 9th 2011 - 06:47 UTC
Inflation at its highest level in three years; concerns over food prices and social unrest

Inflation in China has risen to its highest level for three years, despite a series of interest rate rises and curbs on bank lending. Prices in June rose 6.4% from a year earlier, well above the rate for May.
Saturday, July 9th 2011 - 06:43 UTC
Volcanic ash again cancels hundreds of flights in the Southern Cone

Clouds of ash spewing from Chile's Puyehue volcano again grounded flights at airports in Uruguay and Argentina, where a major football tournament is being held. Scores of local and international flights were delayed or cancelled in and out of Buenos Aires, regional airport authority Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 said on its website on Friday.
Saturday, July 9th 2011 - 06:37 UTC
US beef and poultry become highly competitive as costs soar in Mercosur

Brazil’s JBS SA, the world’s biggest beef producer, is betting on a rebound in U.S. meat sales as a weak dollar makes production in the country as competitive as in emerging markets.
Friday, July 8th 2011 - 21:14 UTC
Chilean justice reopens 1973 bombing of the Presidential palace

Retired Chilean Air Force head Fernando Matthei denied this week any knowledge of the identities of the pilots involved in the air strike that helped solidify the 1973 military coup d’etat and subsequent 17-year dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet.
Friday, July 8th 2011 - 20:25 UTC
Decanter magazine highlights Chile as “wine producing paradise”

The latest issue of U.K.-based Decanter magazine focused on the growing wine culture in Chile, a country it deemed a “grape growing and wine producing paradise” due its geographical diversity.
Friday, July 8th 2011 - 16:17 UTC
RAF’s Nimrods with a long operational record, including Falklands flew for the last time

After 37 years of operational service the Royal Air Force Nimrod R1 was retired from service last month. The Nimrod R1 last operations were Herrick over Afghanistan and Ellamy in Libya in support of NATO forces.
Friday, July 8th 2011 - 15:25 UTC
Falkland Islands: 64,000 visitors this year predicts Tourist Board

VISITOR arrivals in 2011 including inbound overnight tourists, cruise passengers and domestic tourists are expected to total almost 64,000, spending £6.85 million, according to the Falkland Islands Tourist Board forecast for the first quarter of 2011.
Friday, July 8th 2011 - 15:09 UTC
EU waiting for farm-impact assessment to advance in trade talks with Mercosur

The European Union and Mercosur concluded Friday in Brussels the sixth round of negotiations for a cooperation and trade agreement without any formal exchange of proposals but with the commitment to continue discussions.
Friday, July 8th 2011 - 15:05 UTC
Punta Arenas fans charter DAP plane to support Chile in match against Uruguay

Early Friday morning a DAP aircraft with over fifty passengers left Punta Arenas, extreme south of Chile, on a chartered flight for Santiago and then Mendoza, Argentina to be present at this evening’s Chile-Uruguay match for the Copa America.