Stories for November 3rd 2006
Penguin News
Headlines:
Competitive cuisine; MRSA found in hospital; SAMA group arrives; Carlisle coaching team; Thatcher Jnr plans filming; MPs begin Falklands tour; Dockyard views; Encouraging wool news; This week's cruise ships.
Migration is proving controversial for the Summit
The plight of millions of Latinamerican migrants looking for better living conditions in the United States or in the European Union will be the main issue of the 16th Iberoamerican summit which officially opens this afternoon in Montevideo.
IMF praises Latinamerica and warns vulnerabilities
Latin America and the Caribbean are forecasted to expand 4.3% next year following this year's 4.8% and 4.4% in 2005, according to the latest review from the International Monetary Fund, IMF, released this week.
China rises bank reserves to cool economy
China's central bank announced Friday it was raising the bank reserve requirement for the third time this year to soak up excess liquidity in the banking system as the nation's trade surplus mounts.
Autonomy for Dutch Caribbean territories
The Netherlands has signed an agreement granting autonomy to the Caribbean territories of Curacao and St Maarten.
Lan Argentina begins flights to Ushuaia
Lan Chile's affiliate Lan Argentina, announced Friday in Mar del Plata the beginning of flights to Patagonia and Brazil as part of its regional expansion policy.
Pulp mills conflict in Summit's unofficial agenda
Argentine pickets took to the roads Friday and blocked bridges leading to Uruguay to protest the building of pulp mills.
WTO chief warns of risks to global free trade
Global free trade talks risk total failure and their collapse would erode faith in the multilateral system on which international commerce depends, warned Pascal Lamy head of the World Trade Organization in an editorial published Friday in The Wall Street Journal.
