MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for October 2004
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Saturday, October 16th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Former OAS chief in Costa Rican Court
Former Organization of American States, OAS, Secretary General Miguel Angel Rodríguez was handcuffed and carried away on arriving this Friday to San Jose airport in Costa Rica where he must respond to alleged claims of bribery which abruptly cut short his recent naming in OAS.
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Saturday, October 16th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina replaces Chile in UN Security Council.
Argentina, Denmark, Greece, Japan and Tanzania won this week seats as non permanent members of the United Nations Security Council.
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Saturday, October 16th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
“Penguin News” Voice of the Falklands for 25 years.
The first copies of Penguin News went on sale twenty five years ago this month.
Islander Graham Bound sensed a gap in the market and decided a new Falkland Islands newspaper was needed. Penguin News was created and has, save for a few rare silences, been with us ever since.
October 3, 1979 saw the publication of the first issue of this paper. -
Saturday, October 16th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Gibraltar “aspirations and interests” included in UN text.
In its session this week the United Nations Fourth Committee adopted without a vote the decision calling for a solution on Gibraltar but changing the text for the first time in years.
It followed Spanish president Jose Rodriguez Zapatero's statement last month when he said that Madrid wanted to hear Gibraltar's voice. -
Saturday, October 16th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
“Patagonia Declaration” stresses sustainable tourism.
The formal Third Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Tourism Ministers Meeting which convened officials and delegates from 18 of 22 APEC member countries to Punta Arenas closed early afternoon last Thursday with the “Patagonia Declaration”.
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Friday, October 15th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Penguin News Update
Headlines:
Connie collects her MBE; Invasive species pose threat to Islands; Celebrate historic wedding with His Excellency.
News in brief: Promising oil progress; Fishing companies in court.
Inside Penguin News: Power Station turns; Readers' letters; Governor's wedding plans. -
Friday, October 15th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Second record US budget deficit.
The United States budget deficit reached 412 billion US dollars in fiscal 2004, the highest ever in the country's history according to a report from the Treasury Department.
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Friday, October 15th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Bielsa to meet Walker in Montevideo.
After having publicly stated that “it would not be possible to work” with Chilean Foreign Affairs minister Ignacio Walker, Argentine minister Rafael Bielsa finally said that the latest Chilean-Argentine controversy “was over”.
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Friday, October 15th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
More poor people in Brazil.
The number of Brazilians with insufficient resources to feed adequately actually increased during Socialist president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva first year of government according to an independent report.
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Friday, October 15th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Peru suspends flights of LAN Peru.
The Peruvian government suspended as of Friday October 15 all operations of the country's second largest air carrier Lan Peru following a judicial ruling stating the company had violated civil aviation regulations.
