Stories for November 2004 , page 18

Friday, November 5th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

US insists with FTAA negotiations.

United States Ambassador in Brazil John Danilovich said in Rio do Janeiro that negotiations for the creation of the Free Trade of the Americas Association, should resume before the end of 2004.

Friday, November 5th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

Penguin News Update.

Headlines:
School kids conquer Usborne; Packed programme for visiting MPs; Fuel prices rise again; Welcoming Multanovskiy; Fixed penalties could end court ordeal for minor traffic offenders; Bonfire Night.

Friday, November 5th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

Rio Group summit pledge help for Haiti and democracy.

Peruvian and Brazilian presidents Alejandro Toledo and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva inaugurated Thursday in Rio do Janeiro the XVIIIth Rio Group presidential summit which this Friday will release a document pledging support for Haiti, democracy and regional integration.

Friday, November 5th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

UNITAS naval exercise in Uruguayan waters.

Naval units from Argentina, Brazil, Spain, United States and Uruguay will be participating until November 19 in the annual Unitas Atlantic exercises which this year will take place mostly in Uruguayan territorial waters.

Friday, November 5th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

Brazil's embattled defense minister resigns.

The Brazilian government announced Thursday the resignation of Defense Minister Jose Viegas, just two weeks after he was forced to repudiate statements by his own generals defending the repression that took place under the country's 1964-1985 military regime.

Thursday, November 4th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

Foreign debt, priority of the Rio Group agenda.

Foreign Affairs ministers and coordinators of the 19 Latinamerican country members of the Rio Group were giving this Wednesday in Rio do Janeiro the final touches to the documents to be signed during the presidential summit Thursday and Friday.

Thursday, November 4th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

Chilean presidential mandate cut to four years.

The Chilean Senate voted to cut the presidential mandate, beginning 2006, from six to four years without the chance of immediate re-election.

Thursday, November 4th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

BAS confirms decline in Antarctic krill.

Krill, a tiny crustacean which is the source of food for many Antarctic species such as whales, penguins and seals seems to have undergone a drastic 80% decline since the seventies in the Antarctic Peninsula area according to a report published in Nature magazine by British scientists.

Thursday, November 4th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

“Meat is the Future,” Falklands farmers told.

Falklands farmers heard an unequivocal message from visiting Australian stud farmer Graham Gilmore last week ? meat is the future for sheep farmers.

Thursday, November 4th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

Spain: We continue to claim sovereignty over Gibraltar.

The Spanish foreign minister said Wednesday that his government maintains its claim to sovereignty over Gibraltar and will continue to press the issue in a renewed dialogue with Britain.