Mercosur

Tuesday, October 2nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Easter Island expects summer tourism spike

Tourism is booming on Isla de Pascua (Easter Island). With the height of the summer tourist season still three months away, flights and hotel rooms in “The World's Navel” are already becoming a scarce commodity.
Tuesday, October 2nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Magallanes and Punta Arenas with lowest unemployment

Magallanes Region in the extreme south of Chile again recorded the lowest unemployment rate in the country during the June-August quarter, according to the latest release from the country's Statistics Office.
Monday, October 1st 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil's Congress has Venezuela's Mercosur incorporation on hold

The Brazilian Executive is hopeful and “confident” Venezuela will finally become a full member of Mercosur because it's a decision that favors “Brazil, South American integration and Venezuela”.
Friday, September 28th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News update

Headlines:
New Cathedral minister licensed to preach; Racecourse secured for next 15 years; Ferry's arrival may be delayed; South Georgia fishing talks; Men remanded in police custody; Agreement on Camp telephones is 'close'; Peat Cutting weekend.
Friday, September 28th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Oil exploring in Falklands prepares for “exciting” 2008

Borders & Southern Petroleum PLC, the Falkland Islands oil explorer, said its first half to end-June pretax loss narrowed to £117,158 from £182,010 saying the next year would be “exciting” as it evaluated the area covered by its production licences.
Friday, September 28th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Royal Marines back in the Falklands for Exercise Commando Strike

Forty British Royal Marines Reserve (RMR) Commandos from RMR Merseyside are heading back to the Falkland Islands next week 25 years on from the original South Atlantic conflict.
Thursday, September 27th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
US grows 3.8% in second quarter; housing still falling

The United States expanded 3.8% in the second quarter in spite of the mid year credit crunch, weak housing and forecasts of a slowing down, according to a revised estimate released Thursday by the US Department of Commerce. In the first quarter the US economy expanded a sluggish 0.6%.
Thursday, September 27th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Venezuela's Mercosur incorporation before Brazilian Congress

The Brazilian Lower House Foreign Affairs Committee begun this week to consider the official documents of Venezuela's incorporation to Mercosur, a long delayed process with still an arduous path ahead before its final approval and which has irritated relations between Caracas and Brasilia.
Monday, September 24th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands Albatross: encouraging survey results with new methodology

Population data has been collected for one colony on the New Island reserve for the last 29 years, and as such is the only long term data set for the Falkland Islands.
Monday, September 24th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
AIS systems on all Falklands' fishing vessels

THE installation of Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) is likely to be made mandatory for ships operating in Falklands' waters.