MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for May 10th 2005
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Tuesday, May 10th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
More US pressure on Chinese renminbi rigidity
United States Treasury Secretary John Snow currently visiting Beijing insisted that China must make its currency the yuan or renminbi pegged to the US dollar, “more flexible”.
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Tuesday, May 10th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands: S. American-Arab support for Argentina
Leaders from South America and the Arab countries currently meeting for their first summit in Brazil agreed to include in the final declaration a clause calling on United Kingdom and Argentina to resume Falklands/Malvinas dispute negotiations for a “fair, peaceful and lasting solution in accordance with the several pertinent United Nations resolutions”.
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Tuesday, May 10th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Breaking News.
Headlines:
Ovine meat production in Chile down; Punta Arenas port rates in Chilean pesos; Fisheries Minister inaugurates Seafood Expo Latin America. -
Tuesday, May 10th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
OPEC pumping over 30 million bpd
OPEC, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries announced Tuesday in Kuwait that during May country members belonging to the cartel are increasing daily oil production to 30,3 million bpd. This represents a daily increase of 600,000 barrels, said OPEC's president Ahmed Fahd Al-Sabah.
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Tuesday, May 10th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
WB: Governance in Latinamerica has not improved
Governance and Justice administration have not improved in Latin America in the last eight years, considerably reducing countries economic potential argues a report released this week by Daniel Kaufmann, World Bank Director of Global Governance.
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Tuesday, May 10th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Promises of energy integration
Presidents from Argentina, Brazil and Venezuela made a commitment to push forward with South American energy integration according to officials in Brasilia.
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Tuesday, May 10th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Mount Pleasant Airport twentieth anniversary.
This week twenty years ago saw the opening of Mount Pleasant Airport with its 2,950 metres runway in the Falkland Islands.
