Stories for May 24th 2004
Stanley airport celebrates 25th anniversary
Falkland Islands are celebrating the 25th anniversary of Stanley's airport with a historic display in the Islands Museum.
Magallanes exports increase 18%
In spite of suffering a 1% economic contraction in the first quarter of this year, compared to the same period in 2003, Magallanes Region exports jumped 18%, according to the latest release by the Regional Chilean Finance Ministry Representative and the National Statistics Office.
Fuel smuggling from Argentina
Magallanes energy distributors are warning local authorities of an incipient but growing contraband of fuel from neighbouring Argentine Patagonia where gasoline costs half the price.
160,000 Chileans reside in Argentina
Just over 200,000 Chileans actually reside in Central and South America according to the latest poll of registered Chileans overseas taken by the Foreign Affairs Ministry in collaboration with the National Statistics Office.
G7 calls for more oil; Opec decides in June
Finance ministers from the seven highly industrialized countries, G 7, called for lower oil prices at the end of their meeting this weekend in New York.
Former IMF head president of Germany
Horst Kohler a former Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund and running as an opposition candidate was elected Germany's new president for a five year mandate
Active volcano in Antarctic waters
A team of US and Canadian scientists discovered an active and previously unknown submarine volcano in the extreme north of the Antarctic Peninsula, very close to the Argentine Army base of Good Hope.
