Stories for June 18th 2006
Peruvian elected president invited to Chile this week
Peruvian elected president Alan Garcia will be visiting Chile next Thursday specially invited by his counterpart Michelle Bachelet.
Argentine government taking back airports
The Argentine government has given a first long stride to recover control over the country's 32 main airports which for the last eight years have been under private administration, Aeropuertos Argentina 2000, AA2000, belonging to businessman Eduardo Eurnekian.
President Bachelet first 100 days in office
Chilean president Michelle Bachelet celebrates Sunday her first 100 days in office and can feel satisfied since most of the 36 measures she promised for this period have been accomplished, according to the Chilean press.
HMS Liverpool en route to Brazil and Portsmouth
On the final phase of her six and a half month South Atlantic Patrol Task deployment HMS Liverpool spent a long weekend in Montevideo, Uruguay before heading north.
Appointed Falklands' governor on familiarization visit
The appointed governor of the Falkland Islands Alan Huckle spent a week in the Islands for what was described as a familiarization visit.
Venezuela to take over “inactive” mines
Venezuela plans to take over all inactive mining areas to form new joint ventures with a state majority stake and state-backed small mining groups foreseen under a mine law reform, announced Heavy Industries and Mining Minister Víctor Alvarez.
Anti-whaling alliance winning this year's conference
Japan's attempt to revive commercial whaling looks dead for another year after the country lost a third crucial vote at an international meeting. Conservationists and anti-whaling nations had feared the pro-whaling camp led by Japan, Norway and Iceland might have got over the line at this year's International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting in Caribbean island of St Kitts.
Bolivia's ambitious plan to reduce poverty
Bolivia announced a massive plan involving 12 billion US dollars to reduce poverty and creating jobs.
Venezuela and pulp mills conflict, “no risk for Mercosur”
Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim emphasized Sunday that Venezuela's membership and the current pulp mills dispute between Argentina and Uruguay pose no threat or risk to Mercosur.
