Stories for May 19th 2006

Friday, May 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

Penguin News Update.

Headlines:
Governor announces official ?end of tour' date; Wind brings woe to sailing family; Budget session next week; Court cases adjourned;
May Queen crowned tonight.

Friday, May 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

“We'd rather have Chavez inside, than on the loose”

Mercosur is suffering a “serious institutional problem” because there hasn't been effective understanding between country members on how to address macroeconomic synchronization difficulties, admitted Brazil's presidential advisor Marco Aurelio Garcia during an interview with Folha do Sao Paulo.

Friday, May 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

Chilean industry invested two billion US dollars in 2005

Tourism projects in Chile for 2005 totalled two billion US dollars and prospects of greater expansion are expected once the casinos bill is sorted out according to the country's Chamber of Commerce, Services and Tourism, (CNC).

Friday, May 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

Chavez, Morales and Castro helping Peru's Garcia

A majority of Peruvians disapprove of presidents Evo Morales from Bolivia; Fidel Castro from Cuba and Venezuela's Hugo Chavez according to a public opinion poll released Friday by the University of Lima.

Friday, May 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

Strong Chilean peso hitting wine exports

Chilean wine exports dropped in value for the first time since 1994, when the boom in international sales of Chilean wines first began.

Friday, May 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

Malvinas parliamentarian observatory in Argentina

The creation of a Parliamentarian Observatory on the Malvinas issue with the purpose of debating and promoting academic activities linked to sovereignty aspects of the Islands was passed Thursday by the (Argentine) Lower House and is en route of approval by the Senate, reports the Buenos Aires press.

Friday, May 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

Opinion polls confirm Colombian president re-election

The re-election of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe next May 28 seems certain according to the latest public opinion polls published Friday in Bogotá.