Stories for July 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.
Global common hake campaign begins
Scientists and technicians of the National Institute for Fisheries Research and Development are to begin a study on common hake to determine the resource total biomass between parallels 34º 30' S and 48º S, and evaluate its abundance and distribution by age and size.
Chilean fisheries plants inspected by EU experts
Eco-oceans an environmental non government organization claims a European Union health and consumer inspection team which recently visited Chile, banned exports from four fish processing plants located in Puerto Montt.
“Possible” third case of mad cow in US
United States Agriculture Department is looking into a “possible” new case of mad cow in the country.
Venezuela is not the “centre of the universe”
Washington does not view Venezuela as “the centre of the universe” said a top U.S. diplomat Wednesday when asked whether Washington fears a new “anti-imperialist” television network based in Caracas will expand the influence of leftist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
Ambassador Hughes confirms EU-Mercosur trade talks
British Ambassador in Argentina John Hughes confirmed the resumption of bilateral talks next September between Mercosur and the European Union with the purpose of reaching a free trade agreement.
Repsol-YPF: high profits, low reserves
Spanish oil company Repsol-YPF revealed Thursday earnings of 1,65 billion Euros in the first half of 2005. Profits were in line with market expectations reported the company.
CAFTA approval rekindles free trade talks
US Congressional approval of the free-trade treaty between United States and Central America is likely to help pave the way for similar regional accords and contribute to the success of WTO negotiations.
Penguin News Update.
Headlines:
New Governor named; Falklands War computer game launched; Second Loligo season better than last year's; Investigation continues.
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.
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.
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.
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.
