Stories for August 2003 , page 7

Monday, August 18th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

DAP Airways incorporates 50 seats Dash-7

Punta Arenas DAP Airways will be receiving on lease at the end of September a 50 seats refurbished De Havilland Dash-7 that will be used this summer for charter flights to Antarctica and possibly other destinations such as the Falklands.

Monday, August 18th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

Regional News from Pta. Arenas.

Headlines:
Marine Biology PhD course in Punta Arenas
“Ladies exotic adventure”
Ostrich “delicatessen”.

Monday, August 18th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

President Chavez's agenda in Argentina

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez this weekend began a five-day visit to Argentina, where he plans to propose the creation of a regional Latin American oil company.

Sunday, August 17th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

Chile and Uruguay the most stable in the region

Chile and Uruguay have the highest democratic development index of Latinamerica, while Paraguay and Venezuela stand at the extreme opposite according to the latest report from the German Foundation Konrad Adenauer simultaneously released last week in several continental capitals.

Sunday, August 17th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

Agriculture negotiations remain “unchanged”

Mercosur officially expressed concern over the lack of progress in the agriculture trade talks with United States and the European Union given the coming World Trade Organization ministerial meeting scheduled for September 10/14 in Mexico.

Friday, August 15th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

Penguin News Friday 15th update

Headlines: Argentine Presidential visit could be helpful believes FCO official; Planned merge for FIG departments?; Bill Rammell to visit; Possible restructure for PWD; Inside Penguin News: Page 2:Twilight row.Page 3:Antarctic flight.Page 5:Weddings.Page 7:'Open' FIG?

Friday, August 15th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

Antarctic flight collects Kirsty's body

THE British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Dash-7 aircraft used to retrieve the body of scientist Kirsty Brown from Antarctica, landed safely back in the Islands yesterday afternoon.

Friday, August 15th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

New opportunity for Paraguay?

Lawyer and journalist Nicanor Duarte was sworn in this Friday as the new president of Paraguay, a country in the brink of bankruptcy undergoing a five years recession which has eroded living standards to half and plunged a fifth of the population to extreme poverty.

Thursday, August 14th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

Presidential support for Malvinas Monument welcomed by next-of-kin and veterans

President Nestor Kirchner's decision in support of the construction of a monument in memory of the Argentine dead of the 1982 South Atlantic War at Darwin Cemetery in the Falklands Islands was warmly greeted here by both the Families Commission that groups the next-of-kin of servicemen killed during the conflict and veterans.

Thursday, August 14th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

More than 200 arrested in Chilean general strike.

The first general strike in Chile since the restoration of democracy was deemed a success Wednesday by labor unions, although the government labeled it a failure.