Three-year-old girl rescued from Argentina well

Information source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11782810

Three-year-old girl rescued after falling 23m down well

A three-year-old girl in Argentina has been safely rescued after falling down a 30m (100ft) well.

Rescue workers spent more than six hours trying to pull Vanessa Mamani from the shaft in a field in Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires province.

She was taken to hospital where doctors said she was shocked but otherwise unharmed by the ordeal.

Argentina's President Cristina Kirchner has described the rescue as "a miracle".

"She got out and screamed as if she had just been born," she told reporters after visiting the girl in hospital.

The rescue operation was broadcast live on Argentine television, as fibre optic cameras showed the small girl trapped in a narrow space at the bottom of the mine shaft, after falling 23 metres.

She appeared unhurt but there were concerns that she might be suffering from less obvious

injuries.

The space was too small for anyone to go down and fetch her, so a harness had to be lowered down for her to put on herself.

Chief firefighter Marcelo Tucci said it was unclear until the last moment whether Vanessa would be able to follow the instructions and put on the harness, the Associated Press reports.

But she managed to attach herself and her rescuers erupted in cheers as she reached the surface at around midnight local time (0300 GMT).

Vanessa was then taken to hospital in Florencio Varela. Hospital director Arnaldo Medina said she was suffering "from a state of shock" but was "doing fine".

My opinion: My opinion on all news related to people who have to be picked up is that they should not be surrounded by cameras at the time to surface.

I think they should leave space to breathe for relief and not make them nervous. If I were in a situation like this I don't like this kind of atention, cameras in everywhere and also a lot of people watching me and making me photos.

I'm agree that people knows about this girl and her situation but there should be only one or two cameras. In this occasion also she is a very small child and she is very shocked when she is picked up to surface.

In fact, I think that she is well now but she had to go badly at the time of her rescue.

Trabellers to USA now pay to promote the country

Information source: Bahia magazine.

The new:

Travellers to the United States now have to pay 14 dollars -around 11 euros- even if they are visa-exempt. Most of this is to pay for promoting the US for holidays, as visitor numbers have declined.

The fee goes by the name "Esta", for Electronic System for Travel Authorisiation. Esta has been mandatory since January last year for anyone from the more than 30 countries that are part of a Visa Waiver Program, only now it is a paying concern.

Jacquelyn Aron Bednarz of the US Department of Homeland Security said: "What is important for travellers to know is only those who are applying for a new ESTA, beginning on Sep

tember 8, will have to pay the fee. If you are one of those 26 million travellers who already have an approved ESTA, you don't have to pay the fee, until your ESTA expires."

Esta is valid for business and tourism travellers for stays of 90 days or less, valid for two years. The details on the application include passport number, date of birth and criminal record details, if any.

A European travel agent raised one of the objections her customers have. Christiane Vermant, an agency owner, said: "If you're only on your way through the US and have a couple of hours' stayover waiting for your connection at the airport, you still have to pay. That adds up for families with two or three children, shen they're not even staying in the US."

Various consumer associations have criticised the American govermment's forcing visitors to contribute to a fund to make the US look good around the world. Unless you are Esta approved, you will not be allowed on the plane.

My opinion:

I think that Esta is a unfair payment. It's good when travellers stay in the USA for a long time, but I think that it isn't necessary to pay for Esta when you are only waiting for a plane to go to another country.

If American governament changes the tax it would be better, and then maybe the other countries would follow suit and that will be much better for all the tourists who would be able to have cheaper travel.

In times of crisis I think everybody needs something to cheer themselves up and a cheaper holiday could be what many people need.

Perhaps Spain should be the pioneers of an idea like this against the crisis it may encourage people to come to visit us.

Spain being one of the worst European countries in crisis should come up with an innovation to bring everybody out of the crisis.

And that's my opinion =)

1 new: Harry Potter 7

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New:

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II is the latest film in the Harry Potter saga. It will be released July 15, 2011.

It is rumored that begins after the return of Ron scene. The film adaptation of the seventh and final book in the series was divided into two parts to avoid the elimination of important aspects of the plot, so this is a continuation of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I. Actually on promotion. We invite you to see the trailer for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

My opinion:

I think that Harry Potter is a good saga, but now it makes me feel bored. There are 7 movies right now (including that new movie) and there's a movie to come. That's a lot of movies! This world of Harry Potter that so impressed me at first now it seems monotonous. I think they should not abuse in this story, the writer and who made the movie. But I'm sure I'll go to see the movie at the cinema.