Stories for April 15th 2005

Friday, April 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Chile receives first F-16 fighter bomber

Chilean Defence officials participated in Fort Worth, Texas, of the roll-out ceremony for the first of ten F-16 fighter bombers built by Lockheed-Martin and to be incorporated to the Chilean Air Force.

Friday, April 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Kirchner complains about IMF incompetence

Argentine president Nestor Kirchner called in Germany for a “restructuring” of multilateral credit organizations and argued that the Argentine debt swap was successful because it left out the IMF and acted opposite to Fund's recommendations.

Friday, April 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Cuba on the verge of cutting ties with EU

Cuba warned Thursday in Geneva that the budding rapprochement with the Europe Union “is on the verge of sinking” and asked the Europeans to join Havana in urging a United Nations forum to investigate the situation of detainees at the U.S. Navy base in Guantanamo.

Friday, April 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

US warns about “cloned” US dollar bills in S. America

Special agents from the United States Secret Service arrived this week in Santiago to instruct Chilean banking and police authorities on US dollar bills security seals and other safeguards following a warning from the Federal Reserve about fake 50 and 100 US dollar bills circulating in South America.

Friday, April 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

More pressure on Argentina to include all bond holders

The world's major financial references called on the Argentine government to reach an agreement with those bond holders who did not adhere to last February's restructuring and swap plan accepted by 76% of creditors.

Friday, April 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Lan Chile closes deal with Argentine partners

Lan Chile and its Argentine associates announced Thursday they closed the deal to purchase Aero 2000 after a whole month of negotiations.

Friday, April 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Mercosur-EU “4+4” summit in the agenda

Argentine president Nestor Kirchner and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder considered the possibility of calling a 4 + 4 summit (Germany, Spain, France and United Kingdom, plus Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Chile) to re-launch the stalled European Union-Mercosur trade negotiations.

Friday, April 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Penguin News Update.

Headlines:
Desire aspires to summer drilling; Face-lift for historic Store;
Briefly: Reaction to illex closure; A royal wedding gift; HM's birthday holiday; Astor is final cruiser; Summer time Ends; Apology.

Friday, April 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Squid season north of 44Ãâ€šÃ‚Âº S begins April 21

The Argentine Federal Fisheries Council (CFP) has requested the Under secretariat of Fisheries and Aquaculture (SSP&A) to authorise squid (Illex argentinus) fishing north of parallel 44Ãâ€šÃ‚Âº S as of next April 20, 24:00 hours. The request is based on the fact that “conditions that prompted the early opening of the 2004 season north of 44Ãâ€šÃ‚Âº S remain unchanged”.