Stories for February 26th 2006
Eight vessels permitted to target Patagonian toothfish this year
Argentina Federal Fishery Council (CFP) decided to preventively set a total allowable catch (TAC) of 2,500 tonnes for Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) this year.
Bolivia orders arrest of Repsol's local chief executive
Spain's Foreign Ministry has approached Bolivian authorities to express concern about the search and arrest warrant issued against the chief executive of energy giant Repsol YPF in that country.
Raising stakes to stop climate change
Lawmakers and business leaders from around the world launched a campaign last Friday in London to push recalcitrant governments to take action on climate change.
Giant “squid” in Chile scares vacationers
The emergence of a 1.7 meters long cuttlefish in a Puerto Montt beach, south of Chile caused panic Sunday among vacationers, reports the Chilean press
Falklands' Battle surviving cruiser bell recovered
Chilean and German divers recovered the bell from the German cruiser “Dresden” scuttled during the First World War off the Chilean island of Juan Fernandez, reported Peter Neven, the German Embassy Cultural Attaché in Santiago.
President Lagos honors U2 band leader Bono
Chilean president Ricardo Lagos awarded Sunday the country's highest honour for the arts to Paul David Hewson, better known as Bono and the leader of the Irish U2 rock band.
Russia/US dispute over Antarctica ice drilling
United States and Russia are locked in another cold war, this time over a hole in the ice at the bottom of the world in Antarctica. At issue is the Russian plan to continue drilling a hole they began in 1998 until they poke through the ice into a large, long-buried lake known as Vostok.
Chile begins de-mining next to Argentine border
With the presence of Defence ministers from Chile, Argentina and Bolivia, Chilean authorities will officially begin next Tuesday de-mining operations in the north of country, according to Santiago press reports.
Chilean Navy renews RN units with Dutch frigates
After four decades of service the Chilean Navy is decommissioning a destroyer and a frigate originally built for the Royal Navy.
Falklands vessels called “64 times” in Montevideo
Twenty four Falkland Islands' flagged vessels called in Montevideo 64 times for supplies and maintenance between January 2005 and February 2006, according to a long report published in the Sunday edition of Buenos Aires newspaper “Perfil”.
