Stories for December 23rd 2005
Vote returns confirm Morales landslide victory
With the vote count almost completed and no prospects of dropping below the 50% benchmark, coca growers' leader Evo Morales will become next January 22 Bolivia's first even Indian president.
Petrobras buys Shell assets in three countries
Brazilian government owned oil-company Petrobras confirmed Thursday the acquisition of Anglo-Dutch oil giant Royal Dutch Shell assets in Colombia, Paraguay and Uruguay totalling 140 million US dollars.
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Merry Christmas; High oil price pushes up electricity cost; Korean company fined after chase; Holiday cruisers.
New lamb facilities in Patagonia Argentine Beef Packers expands further
Argentine Beef Packers opened its first lamb export plant in 2002 in Esquel which was very successful, despite the long distance in bringing lambs up from Santa Fe.
From Chubut to Europe Shrimp shipments now travel by air
The first exports flight carrying 16 tons of shrimp processed in the Argentine Patagonian province of Chubut left the Comodoro Rivadavia airport en route to Europe.
London bid victory linked to vote error
London's winning bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics could have been helped by an International Olympic Committee member pressing the wrong button during the voting process, according to a BBC report.
