Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Peru .- Humala starts tomorrow tour of Latin America

LIMA, 8 Jun. elected president of Peru, Ollanta Humala, will begin this Thursday for a ten days tour through the region that will take you to Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina and Chile, in what will be their first approach to the countries of the region before taking office on 28 July. Humala will leave for Brazil on Wednesday night (early Thursday in Spain), where he will meet with President Dilma Rousseff, who was the first to congratulate him after his victory in Sunday's election.

They complain that Israel hinders the distribution of aid to Palestinians

Restrictions on freedom of movement imposed by Israel in the Palestinian territories hinder the humanitarian work and cost to donors millions of dollars each year, report the Association of International Development Agencies (AIDA). According to the "Restricting Aid: Challenges to deliver assistance to the Occupied Palestinian Territories", released today by AIDA (which comprises more than eighty NGOs, international aid and development), organizations are faced each year losses of over $ 4.5 million because of the difficulties imposed by Israel.

North Korea tested a short-range missile last week

North Korea tested a short-range missile off the coast of the Yellow Sea (West Sea) in the middle of last week, said sources with the South Korean secret service cited by the local agency Yonhap. "North Korea fired a short-range missile KN-06 on its west coast in the middle of last week," said the source, who also added that the Communist army appears to pursue an improvement in the effectiveness of these missiles.

New attacks leave ten dead Misrata

The forces of Muammar Gadhafi on Misrata escalated their attacks in western Libya, and caused at least ten dead and 26 wounded, according to a rebel spokesman said in the city to the Qatari television network Al Jazeera. The spokesman, Hasan al Misrati said that thousands of gadafistas advanced on the third Libyan town in rebel hands for several months, and bombed from the east, west and south.

LAN gradually restored its flights to and from destination in Argentina

SANTIAGO, Chile 8 Jun. LAN Airlines is restoring its flights to and from Argentina gradually, after the suspensions announced as a result of the ash cloud that caused the eruption of Puyehue Chile, in the center of the country. Have already resumed routes to the cities of Buenos Aires, Mendoza and Córdoba.

The company cited by the Chilean newspaper El Mercurio regrets any inconvenience that may have caused to passengers, and ensures that it will take steps to provide they can reach their destinations. To this end it has established a telephone number - 24 hours - and has uploaded information to the website of the company.

Chief of Staff Resigns Rousseff after the controversy over his estate

BRASILIA, 8 Jun. Brazilian cabinet chief, Antonio Palocci, has submitted his resignation to the president of the country, Dilma Rousseff, who has accepted, according to the Palocchi own department, the Civil House. Despite its neglect, Palocci is claimed to remember that the Attorney General of the Republic, Roberto Gurgel, has filed the legal proceedings against him for alleged influence peddling.

Case Battisti, tomorrow the decision on extradition by Brazilian Court

It will arrive tomorrow, the verdict of the Supreme Federal Tribunal of Brasilia on the possible extradition of Cesare Battisti. According to the Brazilian media, most analysts believe that the majority of the 11 judges could confirm the permanence of the former Italian terrorist in Brazil. 'It's always risky to make this type of analysis, "he pointed out, however, the state attorney general, Luis Inacio Lucena Adams, noting that some judges might change their minds at the last minute.