MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for November 2005
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Wednesday, November 9th 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Kirchner tells Fox “to look after Mexico”
Argentine president Nestor Kirchner called on his Mexican counterpart Vicente Fox “to look after his country”, and “I'll do the same with the Argentines, as it should be”.
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Tuesday, November 8th 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Bush ends in Panama Latinamerican free trade crusade
President George W. Bush wrapping up his Latinamerican tour in Panama said Monday that United States and Panama would continue working to forge a free-trade agreement for the Americas (FTAA) and pushed for completion of a bilateral pact.
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Tuesday, November 8th 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Peru has 60 days to extradite Fujimori
A high level Peruvian delegation arrived Monday in Chile for talks on the extradition of fugitive former president Alberto Fujimori who has been retained in Santiago after having unexpectedly arrived Sunday from self imposed exile in Japan.
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Tuesday, November 8th 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Preparing the ground for Hong Kong WTO summit
Brazil and India called on United States, European Union and Japan to open their markets to agriculture exports and make bigger farm subsidies cuts if the stalled Doha Round global trade talks are to be rescued.
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Tuesday, November 8th 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Air Atlanta 747 back this week
AFTER a month-long break, the Air Atlanta Icelandic contract with the Ministry of Defence to fly to the Falklands resumed this week.
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Monday, November 7th 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Political quake in Peru: Fujimori arrived in Chile
Thousands of followers of Alberto Fujimori took to the streets of Lima in support of the former Peruvian president who this Sunday unexpectedly arrived in Santiago de Chile from Tokyo.
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Monday, November 7th 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Rig costs and availability delay Falklands' oil drilling
Rockhopper Exploration plc decided to maintain its farm exposure to Desire Petroleum operated licences at its current level of 7,5%, in spite of a 15% option, because the cost and availability of suitable drilling units have deteriorated significantly and the drilling timetable is likely to be delayed as a result.
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Monday, November 7th 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Acquitted “Viarsa 1”: Australia faces huge damage claims
Australia faces a damages claim that could exceed ten million US dollars after five fishermen from the Uruguayan flagged longliner “Viarsa 1” were acquitted of charges over an alleged poaching of one million US dollars of Patagonian toothfish.
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Monday, November 7th 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Peru's ex-president arrested in Chile
Peru's ex-president Alberto Fujimori, wanted there on human rights abuse and corruption charges, has been arrested during a surprise visit to Chile, according to Peru's foreign minister and Chilean police.
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Sunday, November 6th 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Let's talk again after the Hong Kong meeting
The failure of the 34 hemispheric countries in reaching a compromise on a free trade area at the Mar del Plata summit was summarized in an annexe to the final declaration, more precisely in paragraph 19 with the two rival positions.
