Politics

Sunday, August 31st 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentine citizen crosses environmentalists'' roadblock

Salvador Rosetti Serra, a 79-year-old retired lawyer, yesterday became the first Argentine citizen in almost two years to cross to Fray Bentos, Uruguay, through the roadblock being held by environmental activists on international Route 136, in Entre Ríos. He presented a ruling issued by Federal Judge María José Sarmiento, ordering the demonstrators to let him pass.
Saturday, August 30th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Manchester Hallé Orchestra celebrates 150 years in Mercosur

The Hallé Orchestra from Manchester is celebrating a great landmark in its history – its 150th anniversary and for the commemoration has scheduled a four country visit to South America in September which includes Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. The orchestra was last in South America in 1992.
Friday, August 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Tragic fire sends P. Arenas landlords to 7 years in prison

The owner and manager (father and son) of a Punta Arenas lodge were sentenced to seven years in prison plus 300.000 US dollars in compensation to the families of ten passengers who died trapped when the building caught fire in February 2007.
Friday, August 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News Update

Headlines: Flyglobespan' heads south; Immigration survey results announced; Sailors caught out by drugs tests; E Boye trip called off.
Friday, August 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
McCain picks working class woman gov as running mate

US Republican presidential hopeful John McCain picked Sarah Palin, the governor of Alaska, as his surprise running mate. At 44, she is three years younger than Barack Obama and is credited with reforms during her first term, but she is relatively unknown in US politics. Mr McCain appeared with her on stage at a lively rally in Dayton, Ohio.
Friday, August 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Magallanes remains Chilean region with lowest unemployment

Unemployment in Magallanes Region, extreme south of Chile remained virtually unchanged during the May-July quarter and the lowest in the country, 2.5%.
Friday, August 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil bets on nuclear powered nuke to protect oil fields

Brazil will spend 160 million US dollars by the end of next year on the development of a nuclear-powered submersible to protect the oil reserves found recently off its coast, said Defence minister Nelson Jobim on Friday.
Friday, August 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil liberates air fares to South American countries

Air fares from Brazil to the rest of South America will no longer be regulated as of next Monday September first, which will represent a significant reduction in prices according to a Friday release from Brazil's National Civil Aviation Agency, ANAC.
Thursday, August 28th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Chilean to head IMF Western Hemisphere Department

Chile's former Finance minister Nicolas Eyzaguirre was named to head the International Monetary Fund Western Hemisphere Department that oversees Latin America, the United States and Canada.
Thursday, August 28th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentine president ranks 13 among most powerful women

Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and Chile's Michelle Bachelet figure among the hundred most powerful women in the world according to a list released Wednesday by the US magazine Forbes.