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Stories for October 2006

• Sunday, October 8th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Venezuelan opposition dares and “avalanches” Caracas

  An estimated 200.000 people turned out to the streets of Caracas on Saturday in support of Manuel Rosales, Venezuela's main opposition leader for the coming December presidential elections and who intends to defeat President Hugo Chavez re-election bid.

• Saturday, October 7th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Brazil/Bolivia provisional agreement on natural gas

  Brazil' government owned oil giant Petrobras announced a provisional natural gas price understanding with Bolivia, based on the current contract. Bolivia is Brazil's main supplier of natural gas.

• Saturday, October 7th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile stamps 23% “provisional tariff” on Argentine dairy produce

  Chile took this week the first step to impose a 23% provisional safeguard tariff on imports of liquid and powder milk, and Gouda cheese from Argentina.

• Saturday, October 7th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Mixed signals from the US economy

  Good and bad news from United States. The federal budget deficit dropped to 250 billion US dollars in 2006, compared to the 318 billion of a year ago according to estimates released Friday by the Congressional Budget Office, CBO.

• Saturday, October 7th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Brazil's nine month inflation 2%

  September's consumer prices index in Brazil crept 0.2%, above expectations and August's 0.05%, according to the Brazilian Geography and Statistics Institute

• Saturday, October 7th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  EU concerned with Latinamerican “democratic fragility”

  The European Union is increasingly concerned with signals of “democratic structural fragility” coming from Latinamerica, warned the EU commissioner for International Relations Benita Ferrero Wadner speaking in Biarritz, France.

• Saturday, October 7th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  “Fragile” truce between Bolivian miners factions

  A “fragile truce” was holding Saturday following a two days deadly dynamite battle between rival groups of Bolivian miners while President Evo Morales fired his Mines minister and the head of the country's Mining Company, Comibol.

• Saturday, October 7th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  TIME magazine says Castro has terminal cancer

  Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro is believed to have terminal cancer and is unlikely to return to power, Time magazine reported Saturday, citing US government officials.

• Saturday, October 7th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina to appeal Chilean safeguard tariff on dairy exports

  Argentine dairy farmers will appeal the Chilean decision to impose a 23% safeguard tariff until next December on Argentine milk and cheese imports. Chilean farmers claim Argentina is involved in “disloyal competition” practices which have helped boost dairy exports several times.

• Saturday, October 7th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Final week for Ecuador's presidential race

  Former Economy minister Rafael Correa is the clear frontrunner in Ecuador's October 15 presidential race with 37% of respondents, --up 11 points since September--, supporting the Alliance Country (AP) candidate, according to a public opinion poll released by Cedatos/Gallup.