MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for January 2006
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Thursday, January 26th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Scepticism about EU-Mercosur agreement next May
The European Union does not believe a free trade agreement with Mercosur can be reached during the coming EU-Latinamerica and Caribbean summit next May in Vienna.
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Thursday, January 26th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
“Governance issues” not legitimacy are the region's problems
Secretary General José Miguel Insulza of the Organization of American States (OAS), speaking this week in Brussels, Belgium, defended the legitimacy of Latinamerican governments, highlighting the transparency of the latest elections in the region, Bolivia, Chile and Honduras.
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Wednesday, January 25th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Joint tribute to Falklands' conflict fallen
Argentine Malvinas veterans and a party from the Royal Navy Ice Patrol HMS Endurance jointly participated in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, in a simple but emotive ceremony in honour of those fallen in the 1982 South Atlantic conflict.
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Wednesday, January 25th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
More unemployment in spite of robust global growth
The number of people unemployed worldwide climbed to new heights in 2005, --particularly in Latinamerica--, as robust economic growth failed to offset an increase in people seeking work - especially among the vast and growing legion of jobless youth, the International Labour Office (ILO) said in its annual Global Employment Trends released Tuesday.
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Wednesday, January 25th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Latinamerican expansion cooling, forecasts UN
Latinamerica is the developing region which will expand less in 2006, -below Asia and Africa-, with 3.9%, said United Nations Undersecretary-General Jose Antonio Ocampo on presenting the latest edition of the UN World Economic Situation and Prospects.
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Wednesday, January 25th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
QM2 passengers launch mass lawsuit
Passengers on board the luxury liner Queen Mary 2 have initiated a mass lawsuit against the ship's operator. A UK law firm told the BBC news website it has registered a class action on behalf of “disappointed holidaymakers”.
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Tuesday, January 24th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Pinochet's Family has been arrested for Tax Evasion
A judge in Chile has charged Lucia Hiriart, the wife of former dictator Augusto Pinochet, and four of their children, with fraud over millions of dollars held in secret bank accounts abroad.
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Tuesday, January 24th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Canada Conservatives win election
Canada's opposition Conservatives were heading for a narrow victory in Monday's national election, ending 12 years of Liberal rule, major television networks said.
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Tuesday, January 24th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Zero corruption, zero bureaucracy Pte. Morales said to his new Cabinet
Bolivia's new president, Evo Morales, has named union leaders and fellow Indians to his first cabinet with a mission to eradicate corruption and end neo-liberal policies.
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Tuesday, January 24th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Blockage harms Kirchner's thaw plan
Five trucks that were headed for one of the two paper pulp mills under construction in the Uruguayan town of Fray Bentos were blocked yesterday by Argentine protesters who oppose the plants for environmental reasons.
