2024202320222021202020192018201720162015201420132012201120102009200820072006200520042003200220012000 All months123456789101112 All days12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031 All categoriesAgricultureEconomyEnergy & OilEnvironmentFisheriesHealth & ScienceInvestmentsPoliticsReal EstateTourismAntarcticaArgentinaBrazilChileFalkland IslandsInternationalLatin AmericaMercosurPacific AllianceParaguayUnited StatesUruguayVenezuelaVenezuelaUnasurEntertainment List Articles

Stories for June 9th 2004

• Wednesday, June 9th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  £80m Defence Estates Contract in Falklands & Ascension Island.

  Interserve, the British support services group announced June 8 it has won an £80 million contract with the Defence Estates agency to service and maintain the Ministry of Defence operations on the Falkland Islands and Ascension Island.

• Wednesday, June 9th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Recall referendum in Venezuela August 15.

  The recall referendum to cut Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez constitutional mandate will take place next August 15, announced this Tuesday evening in Caracas Ezequiel Zamora, vice-president of the National Electoral Council, CNE.

• Wednesday, June 9th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Uruguayan meat exports up 70%

  Uruguayan beef exports during the first five months of 2004 increased 70% compared to the same period a year before.

• Wednesday, June 9th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  G8 exam for new Argentine offer to bondholders.

  The Group of seven highly industrialized countries plus Russia, G-8, which are holding a two days summit in Georgia, United States, have included in their agenda the latest Argentine offer to sovereign bondholders defaulted since December 2001.

• Wednesday, June 9th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  November 2005, next Summit of the Americas.

  Argentina's Minister of Foreign Affairs Rafael Bielsa announced in Quito, Ecuador that the Fourth Summit of the Americas will be held during the first week of November of 2005 in Buenos Aires.

• Wednesday, June 9th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Greenspan anticipates oil-spurred higher interest rates.

  United States Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said this Tuesday he was concerned with a general rise in US consumer prices if oil prices continue to soar, and consequently did not exclude a higher than expected rise in interest rates.

• Wednesday, June 9th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  OAS resolution fully supports Argentine claims.

  The 34th general assembly of the Organization of American States, OAS approved this Tuesday by acclamation a resolution calling on Argentina and Great Britain to resume, “without delay” Falklands/Malvinas, South Georgia and South Sandwich islands sovereignty negotiations, which were interrupted in 1982 when the armed conflict in the South Atlantic.

• Wednesday, June 9th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Gibraltar press C24 to take action on self-determination.

  Gibraltar Chief Minister Peter Caruana and Opposition Leader Joe Bossano urged this week the United Nations Committee of 24 for Decolonisation to ?take action' and discharge its duties to the colonized people of Gibraltar.

• Wednesday, June 9th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Strong OAS commitment to combat corruption.

  The Organization of American States ended its 34th General Assembly held in Quito, Ecuador, with the approval of a strong declaration condemning corruption and designed to make the hemisphere hostile territory for leaders and government officials who after engaging in corrupt acts try to flee their countries.