Stories for April 5th 2006
Brief News
Headlines:
Chavez receives Russian built military helicopters; Copper prices record trend forecasted to continue; March consumer inflation in Chile: 0.6%.
Brazil begins protection of migrant Falklands' seabirds
When you think of Brazil and birds, you probably think of rainforests and brightly-coloured parrots.
Full professional Army for Chile in eight years
Chile will have totally professional Armed Forces, eliminating conscription, in eight years time according to a plan unveiled by President Michelle Bachelet.
Five days waiting list to cross the Panama Canal
The number of vessels waiting to cross the Panama Canal on Tuesday reached 103 causing considerable delays, --up to five days--, according to the administrative body of the inter-oceanic waterway
Bankers fearful of Latin America election year
Presidential elections in seven Latin American countries this year have investors jittery over prospects that new leaders might undermine the region's economic gains, leading international bankers said Tuesday in Belo Horizonte.
“Iluminados por el Fuego” star returns to the Falklands
Gaston Pauls, star of the film Iluminados por el Fuego (Enlightened by fire), which deals with the appalling treatment handed out to Argentine conscripts both during and after the 1982 conflict, returned to the Falklands last Saturday, accompanied by a TV production team.
President's Summit sinks on move by Botnia
Uruguay announced that a widely expected summit between its President and that of Argentina to seek a solution to a dispute over two Uruguayan factories under construction has been suspended once again after a company building one of the plants yesterday refused to halt works for a period demanded by Argentina to assess the environmental consequences,
Dramatic changes in Chileans attitudes to sexual behaviour
The centre-right Future Foundation think tank revealed the results of a survey that documents dramatic change in attitudes towards sex and sexual behaviour in Chile.
US and French oil companies pay Venezuela back taxes
U.S. oil firm Chevron-Texaco and France's Total have accepted to pay the Venezuelan government some 113.5 million US dollars in back taxes, dating from the 2001/2004 period, announced Wednesday the Venezuelan tax office, SENIAT.
Rockhopper 3D seismic survey in North Falkland basin
Rockhopper Exploration plc (Rockhopper) announced Wednesday the signing of a Letter Of Intent with CGG Marine to conduct a 3D seismic survey on its North Falkland Basin acreage.
