Stories for 2011

Wednesday, July 20th 2011 - 06:47 UTC
Punta Arenas supply route cut by snow storms; some food shortages feared

Many trucks loaded with perishables and other food products heading for Punta Arenas extreme south of Chile are stranded in border crossings with Argentina blocked by the snow that has accumulated during the last storms.
Wednesday, July 20th 2011 - 06:39 UTC
Beware winter travellers: Chile’s airline overbooking “is permitted and habitual practice”

If you’re planning to take a flight around Chile this winter, you may want to get to the airport early. Otherwise, you may discover that the airline overbooked your flight and there are no seats left.
Wednesday, July 20th 2011 - 06:28 UTC
Uruguay readies for its 15th Copa de America next Sunday in Buenos Aires

Liverpool striker Luis Suarez scored twice as Uruguay beat Peru 2-0 to reach the Copa America final, where it will try for a record 15th South American soccer championship.
Wednesday, July 20th 2011 - 01:47 UTC
Beef scare in Japan: caesium contaminated meats reached consumers

Japan has imposed a ban on all beef coming from the prefecture of Fukushima, where three nuclear reactors melted down following the March 11 magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami. The Japanese government is also apologizing for its delayed response to radioactive meat reaching the market.
Tuesday, July 19th 2011 - 23:28 UTC
UK outlines new foreign and defence policies based on ‘building stability overseas’

The British Government published this week a new strategy outlining how the UK will promote stability and prosperity in countries and regions where its interests are at stake particularly though improved early warning and crisis prevention.
Tuesday, July 19th 2011 - 23:22 UTC
Chavez will run for re-election next year, despite cancer: “there’s no Plan B”

Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez will run for re-election next year despite his struggle with cancer said Finance Minister Jorge Giordani who underlined there’s no Plan B. Giordani’s statement came as the populist leader is in Cuba undergoing chemotherapy and twitted to his compatriots his “insurmountable optimism”.
Tuesday, July 19th 2011 - 23:18 UTC
End of story: family confirms Chile’s former leader Allende committed suicide in 1973

Experts examining the remains of former Chilean leader Salvador Allende ruled out murder in the Marxist president's 1973 death, concluding that he committed suicide as soldiers involved in a coup burst into the presidential palace, the late leader's daughter said Tuesday.
Tuesday, July 19th 2011 - 17:20 UTC
New alternative route to Antarctica in Chile to cut fuel and sailing hours

A new alternative commercial route to Antarctica from the Chilean city of Punta Arenas avoiding the Beagle Channel and saving several hours sailing has been opened by the Chilean navy with the establishment of a state of the art lighthouse.
Tuesday, July 19th 2011 - 17:11 UTC
Blackberries to be assembled in Tierra del Fuego with Argentine input

United States Hewlett-Packard and Canada’s Research in Motion, (RIM) (Blackberries) have agreed to set up an assembly plant for notebooks and smart-phones in Tierra del Fuego, extreme south of the country.
Tuesday, July 19th 2011 - 13:22 UTC
South Georgia set of stamps to celebrate marriage of Prince William and Kate

A set of three stamps, a beautiful souvenir sheet-let and two first day covers will be released by South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands on July 25th to mark the recent Royal Wedding, reports the June edition of the South Georgia Newsletter.