Stories for July 2005
Latest News feedSteven Seagal and “Submerged” irritate Uruguay
Uruguay is seriously considering legal actions against the producers of a Hollywood film “Submerged” with Steven Seagal which ridicules the South American country as a banana republic where a terrorist captured US nuclear submarine is taken.
Uruguay seeks trade and investment with Venezuela
Venezuela’s state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA) is considering upgrading Uruguay’s La Teja refinery to process Venezuelan oil in the most recent step to increase oil sales to Latin America, a company official said.
Welsh community mark 140 years in Patagonia
Argentina’s Welsh community marked the 140th anniversary of the first settlers landing in what is now Puerto Madryn, in the Patagonian province of Chubut, on July 28, 1865.
BSE in humans: Spain reports first death
Spain’s Health Ministry confirmed Friday that it is “highly likely” the death earlier this month of a woman in Madrid was caused by Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease variant, the human equivalent of what is popularly known as mad-cow disease.
Hard liner Noriega leaves post in September
United States top diplomat for Latin America and Caribbean affairs, Roger Noriega, announced Friday his resignation saying he planned to return to the private sector next September. Under Secretary of State for Hemispheric Affairs Noriega has held the job for the past two years.
Caribbean calls on US to restrict Helms-Burton Act
The Association of Caribbean States ended its summit Friday in Panama calling on the United States to end the extraterritorial enforcement of domestic legislation, notably the Helms-Burton Act aimed at keeping corporations from investing in Cuba.
De Rato points to ?means and ways’
The head of the International Monetary Fund said yesterday there were other ways to settle with Argentina’s “holdout” creditors without reopening the debt exchange offer they rejected.
Chilean trawler forced back to port by mutineer
A Chilean flagged trawler underwent 38 hours of fear and uncertainty when one of the crew locked himself in the bridge threatening the captain and chief officer with knives demanding the vessel returned him to Punta Arenas.
Menezes burial Friday in his hometown
Jean Charles de Menezes, the Brazilian national gunned down by the London police in a subway when they mistook him for a terrorist had an expired two years before visa, said the British Home Office.
Penguin News Update.
Headlines: New Governor named; Falklands War computer game launched; Second Loligo season better than last year’s; Investigation continues.
