Stories for July 30th 2005
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.
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.
Steven 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.


