Stories for 2005 , page 199

Thursday, January 13th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

Argentina launches defaulted debt package.

Argentina officially presented Wednesday in Buenos Aires its defaulted debt new package offer and stated that if it manages a 50% acceptance from creditors, “we will have restructured two thirds of the country's total debt” and the “default process will have concluded”.

Thursday, January 13th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

Brazil promises to support US dollar and exporters.

The Brazilian government worried with a weak dollar and its impact on exports announced its decision to counter the appreciation of the local currency.

Thursday, January 13th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

Falklands Veteran returns to record the ?forgotten voices'.

“Within the Task Force there was no hatred of the Argentineans; there was just a feeling of the wastefulness of them not realising that they needed to give up until the bitter end.”

Thursday, January 13th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

Fishermen suffered huge material toll from Tsunami.

The Indian Ocean tsunami disaster that came from the sea exacted an inordinate toll from those that live from the sea beyond its deadly haul of 160,000 lives, destroying tens of thousands of fishing boats and other equipment that were the only source of income for many, according to United Nations figures released today.

Thursday, January 13th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

Euro Zone and UK rates unchanged

The European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of England this Thursday left their key interest rates unchanged at 2% and 4.75%, respectively, deterred by weak economic growth and a strong euro.

Wednesday, January 12th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

Brazil/Argentina axis “will not yield to US”

Brazilian Foreign Affairs Minister Celso Amorim believes United States will not be signing a bilateral agreement with Mercosur because the Brazil/Argentina axis “won't accept just any offer”, contrary to what has happened with most other countries which have sat to the negotiating table with Washington.

Wednesday, January 12th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

195,393 tourists visited Ushuaia in 2004

Ushuaia in Argentine Tierra del Fuego attracted 195,303 tourists during 2004 (an 8% increase over 2003), and responding to a growing demand will have increased its hosting capacity by 65% at mid year, reports the Argentine press.

Wednesday, January 12th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

Private jet couldn't fly direct from Argentine to Falklands.

Government House has asked the British Embassy to follow up reports, after a request from Acting Governor Harriet Hall, which Argentina refused permission for a private plane to fly from Argentina to the Falklands.

Tuesday, January 11th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

Red Ensign Conference in Falklands next month.

The Red Ensign Conference, an annual event, which brings together in a series of meetings those British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, which have shipping registers and the UK Maritime and Coast Guard Agency, will be held for the first time in the Falkland Islands next month.

Tuesday, January 11th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

Argentina: Fisheries News

Headlines:
Controversial hake quota allocation; Fishing exports generated USD 742 million up to December 2004.