Stories for July 24th 2006
Argentine farmers on strike promise further actions
An organization representing 100.000 Argentine farmers is on strike until next Tuesday when “if conditions persist”, the industrial action could be extended warned on Sunday leaders of protest rallies in several cattle and cereal belts towns.
Chile and Asian contacts, priority for Peruvian foreign policy
Peru's future Foreign Affairs minister Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde accused the current Peruvian administration of “unnecessarily ill-treating” relations with Chile, which he identified as one of the incoming government's top foreign policy priorities.
Next July 28, elected president Alan García will be taking office in Peru.
Bachelet under flak at home because of Mercosur summit
Chile's Executive branch spokesperson highlighted President Michelle Bachelet's role in the recent Mercosur Cordoba summit and the meetings held with her counterparts from Argentina and Bolivia, countries with which Chile has pending discrepancies.
Chile, Brazil, Uruguay, region's highest cost of living
Chile, Brazil and Uruguay have the highest cost of living in Latinamerica according to a report from the Chilean Statistics Institute (INE) released in Santiago.
Commissioner Pearce reviews S. Georgia Government activity
Once a dependency of the Falkland Islands Government, the South Atlantic island of South Georgia, over which the Argentine Government also claims sovereignty, is now governed directly by a British Foreign and Commonwealth Office commissioner.
