Tourism

• Saturday, December 29th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Damaged Antarctic cruise takes refuge in Chilean base

  

  The Norwegian flagged cruise vessel MS Fram with 318 passengers on board drifted into an iceberg in Antarctica overnight Saturday but there were no injuries and passengers were reported to be calm. The vessel is currently anchored next to Chile's President Frei Antarctic base in King George Island.

• Saturday, December 29th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Partygoers can see in Falkland Islands New Year on web

  

  Stanley in the Falkland Islands, like thousands of other cities around the world, will be beaming live images to the rest of the globe on New Year's Eve.

• Friday, December 28th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Buenos Aires City boom: 2.3 million tourists in 2007

  

  Buenos Aires City will end 2007 with a record 2.3 million tourists, most of them from neighboring countries but also with a significant presence of Europeans and from the rest of Latinamerica.

• Saturday, December 22nd 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Former British PM Blair follows family and becomes Catholic

  

  Former British prime minister Tony Blair has become a Roman Catholic, church officials said Saturday, ending widespread speculation that he would switch to the faith of his wife and four children.

• Friday, December 21st 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Punta Arenas, Lan's hub for Falklands and Ushuaia flights

  

  Saturday flights to Falklands/Malvinas are virtually fully booked because it's the high season and there are many travelers linked to Antarctic activities flying to the Islands, according to Lan airline Punta Arenas General Manager Paola Contardo.

• Saturday, December 15th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentina and Chile working on the Trans-Andean Railway

  

  The governments of Argentina and Chile received this week the economic offers from the parties interested in building the Trans-Andean Railway, a project that will require an investment of 3 billion US dollars.

• Friday, December 14th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  “Norwegian Dream” passengers threaten to demand company

  

  “Norwegian Dream” renamed “Norwegian Hell” by stranded cruise passengers in the port of Montevideo said they would be demanding Norwegian Cruise Lines because of the “bad service and treatment” they received during and after a minor collision suffered by the vessel when she was leaving for the South Atlantic.

• Wednesday, December 12th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Port of Montevideo reopens; Norwegian Dream in for repairs

  

  Cruise vessel Norwegian Dream finally returned to the port of Montevideo Tuesday evening after waiting 24 hours two miles offshore while the main channel of access to the port was surveyed and cleared of possible hazards.

• Tuesday, December 11th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Three cruise vessels stranded at blocked Montevideo port

  

  The port of Montevideo remained closed on Tuesday to all vessels with a plus five meters draught following a collision on Monday afternoon, in the access channel to Uruguay's main sea terminal, between a cruise vessel carrying some 1.700 passengers and a barge loaded with containers.

• Sunday, December 9th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Southampton's proud tradition receives queen of the seas

  

  The new queen of the seas arrived in Southampton Friday to extend a proud tradition. The £300million Queen Victoria berthed for the first time in what will be her home port for years of luxury cruising