Bolivian president Evo Morales signed Thursday a decree which further advances his controversial “agrarian revolution” of expropriation of idle land to distribute among the aboriginal population and which is strongly resisted by business sectors.
British Airways has been hit with a record £121.5 million fine after it admitted to collusion over fuel surcharges on long-haul flights.
Chilean billionaire and former presidential candidate Sebastian Piñera has resigned as director of airline LAN, less than a month after he was fined for buying shares in the company while in possession of privileged information.
Returning for the second time in four months, HMS Mersey will once again fly the flag for the Royal Navy as she sails in to reinforce links with her affiliated borough of Sefton on Thursday (August 2)
Argentine and Uruguayan delegates will be meeting again in a month's time for a third round of negotiations to try to unlock the controversy over the construction of the Botnia pulp mill on the coast of the shared river Uruguay and which Argentina challenges on alleged legal and environmental grounds.
Former Brazilian president Fernando Enrique Cardoso said he was hopeful his country could participate in finding an understanding to the Uruguay/Argentina pulp mill dispute since this involves the River Uruguay basin.
Chile's Minister of Defence officially received Wednesday morning in Valparaiso the former refurbished Dutch frigate now under the name of “Almirante Riveros”. With this incorporation the Chilean navy has completed its Puente II project to replace and renew four of its surface fleet units.
British Airways will be suspending its daily winter flights between Madrid and Gibraltar, which were launched last May, given technical restrictions in both airports, announced local operator GB Airways. The last British Airways from Madrid to Gibraltar will take off September 30.
A Gurkha who is prepared to fight and die in battle for Britain should be allowed to stay in the UK, an immigration tribunal has been told. About 20 Gurkhas, many wearing medals and clutching their berets, sat quietly listening to legal arguments in a test case which could help decide whether 2,000 Gurkhas could settle in Britain.
Brazil's Air Force directly blamed Airbus for the recent tragedy in the Sao Paulo Congonhas airport which killed 200 people.