Latin America

• Sunday, June 8th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina chairs UN General Assembly Decolonization Com.

  

  Argentina was chosen last week to the chair of the United Nations General Assembly Special Political and Decolonization Committee which is concerned with disarmament, peace keeping operations as well as decolonization.

• Sunday, June 8th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Taiana addresses C24 Thursday; Wednesday with Ban Ki-moon

  

  Argentina's Foreign Affaire minister Jorge Taiana will be addressing next Thursday the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization, or C24, when he is expected to reiterate Argentine claims over the Falkland Islands and other South Atlantic insular territories sovereignty.

• Sunday, June 8th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Chavez calls on FARC to end armed struggle and release hostages

  

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez urged Colombian FARC rebels on Sunday to lay down their weapons and unilaterally free dozens of hostages ending to a decades-long armed struggle against Colombia's government.

• Sunday, June 8th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Fossilized burrows of tetrapods found in Antarctica

  For the first time paleontologists have found fossilized burrows of tetrapods -- any land vertebrates with four legs or leg-like appendages -- in Antarctica dating from the Early Triassic epoch, about 245 million years ago, according to a paper from a research funded by the US National Science Foundation and involving several US universities.

• Saturday, June 7th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Venezuelan FAM extends to neighboring Colombia

  Colombia declared a sanitary emergency in an area bordering with Venezuela where an outbreak of foot and mouth disease was confirmed by the country's Agriculture authorities, ICA.

• Saturday, June 7th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile forecasts copper 450.000 tons surplus in 2009

  The Chilean Copper Commission (COCHILCO) predicted this week a 450,000 ton surplus in the global copper production for the year 2009. Global supplies are expected to increase by 7.9% between now and then due to increased production.

• Saturday, June 7th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Chilean truckers end strike following fuel tax rebate

  Chilean truckers lifted on Friday a national strike against high fuel prices that threatened the supply of basic goods hitting food and fuel supplies to retail customers and the key copper mining industry.

• Thursday, June 5th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Madonna show next December in Buenos Aires and Chile

  Madonna is coming to Argentina and Chile sometime in December according to reports in the Argentine edition of the Rolling Stones magazine, quoting sources from the record industry in Buenos Aires.

• Wednesday, June 4th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  ISA virus outbreaks keep spreading in Chilean salmon farms

  The Salmon Infectious Anemia, ISA, virus keeps spreading in Chile according to the latest release from the country's Sernapesca, (Nacional Fisheries Service) reports the press from Puerto Montt.

• Wednesday, June 4th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Bolivia says gas supply to neighbors is “guaranteed”

  

  Bolivia said Wednesday that natural gas provision to Brazil and Argentina are guaranteed following this week's nationalization of the Transredes pipeline system which was partly owned by UK's Ashmore and Shell.