Stories for April 24th 2006
Volcanic ash sickens hundreds in Peru
The Peruvian government declared a state of emergency during the week end in southern towns that have been showered by ash from the Ubinas volcano and asked the military to help evacuate poor farming families from the area.
Venezuela makes it official: leaves CAN to join Mercosur
The Andean Nations Community, (CAN), secretariat received last weekend Venezuela's official relinquishment from the regional bloc and a request for a meeting to discuss trade.
Garcia to the Peruvian presidential run off May 28
Ultra nationalist leader Ollanta Humala and former president Alan Garcia will be disputing the Peruvian presidential run off next May 28, according to the latest figures from the country's Electoral Process Board, ONPE.
Chavez forecasts Sandinista victory in Nicaragua
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez forecasted a former Sandinista guerrilla leader's victory in Nicaragua's presidential election next November 5.
“Until world tension abates”, oil prices will keep surging
Ministers from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, conceded on Monday in Doha there was nothing they could do to halt surging oil prices that threaten consumer nations' economies.
Brazil forecasts a budget primary “floor surplus” of 4.25%
Brazil's 2006 budget primary surplus will have a “floor of 4.25% of GDP” forecasted Finance minister Guido Mantega in Washington.
WTO misses April agreement, “but we're not in deadlock”
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) admitted Monday that plans for a major meeting this week will not be met but “we are not in deadlock”.
Deep sea visitors
ONE of the most long-living fish in the world, an orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus), which has never been recorded in the Southwest Atlantic before, has been caught on the eastern slope of the Falkland Islands at a depth of about 770 m.
