MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for March 2006
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Tuesday, March 21st 2006 - 21:00 UTC
US raises debt ceiling to record breaking 9 trillion
President George W Bush signed a bill raising the United States national debt ceiling to nearly 9 trillion US dollars. The bill means the government can borrow a further 781 billion and stops what would have been a first ever default of Treasury notes.
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Tuesday, March 21st 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Argentine official adamant with “John Cheek” effect
“There should be no concessions for fishing companies operating in the Falklands and Argentina”, argues the province of Buenos Aires Deputy Fisheries Secretary Oscar Fortunato.
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Tuesday, March 21st 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Reserves external auditing for oil companies in Argentina
Oil and gas companies operating in Argentina must have their reserves annually certified by external auditors, announced the Argentine government.
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Tuesday, March 21st 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Main issue in Bachelet/Kirchner summit: natural gas
A sustained provision of Argentine natural gas to Chile tops the bilateral agenda for Chilean president Michele Bachelet who on Tuesday will be travelling to Argentina for her first overseas official visit since taking office just over a week ago.
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Tuesday, March 21st 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Pulp mills dispute: pickets lift blockade
Picketers voted late Monday night go lift “for an indefinite period” the blockade of the route leading to the international bridge linking Argentina with Uruguay which had been closed to all traffic for almost two months.
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Tuesday, March 21st 2006 - 21:00 UTC
South American gas pipeline “non viable and illusory”
Petroleum and energy experts seriously questioned this week Venezuela, Brazil and Argentina's project to build a 20 billion US dollars pipeline in South America describing it as somehow illusory and non viable.
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Tuesday, March 21st 2006 - 21:00 UTC
“John Cheek” case reaches House of Lords
The Foreign Office is “following closely” the case of the Falklands' flagged fishing vessel “John Cheek” detained a month ago by the Argentine coastguard allegedly operating in Argentine waters, said Monday in Parliament Lord Triesman.
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Tuesday, March 21st 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Mercosur cancels 15th anniversary celebration
President Nestor Kirchner's administration has cancelled Mercosur fifteenth anniversary celebrations scheduled for next Monday in Argentina's Congress given the current conflicting situation with Uruguay over the construction of two pulp mills, according to Argentine diplomatic sources.
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Monday, March 20th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Incidental albatross mortality in Latinamerica still high
Among the delegates to the international symposium and workshop on the conservation of albatrosses and petrels held in the Falkland Islands last week was Professor Carlos Moreno, Director of the Ecological Institute of the Universidad Austral de Chile.
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Monday, March 20th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Breaking News: Tourism Pta. Arenas.
Headlines:
Successful first Antarctic campaign for DAP Mares; Chilean Patagonia, main attraction at Berlin tourism forum; Chile plans promotion of nautical tourism in southern coast; Queen Mary 2 next March 27.
