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Stories for November 2006

  • Saturday, November 11th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

    Foreign investment booming in Chile

    Foreign investment in Chile has grown US$3.4 billion over the last eight months compared with US$2.2 billion during the same period in 2005. These figures come from Chile's Foreign Investment Committee (FIC).

  • Saturday, November 11th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

    Public support for Bachelet reaches 59%

    Public support for Chilean President Michelle Bachelet's government now stands at 59%, according to the latest survey carried out by the Center for Studies of Contemporary Reality (CERC). This represents a 2% increase in support since August.

  • Saturday, November 11th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

    HMS Illustrious hosts launch of Falklands' campaign

    Aircraft carrier and Royal Navy fleet flagship HMS Illustrious is currently moored in London, her affiliated City for the Remembrance celebrations.

  • Saturday, November 11th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

    Peru offers an alternative to gas

    Water cascading from Peru's Andes mountains toward the Amazon could be harnessed into electricity for power-hungry Brazil, freeing Latin America's largest nation from natural gas producers like Bolivia and Venezuela, Peruvian President Alan García said yesterday.

  • Friday, November 10th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

    Argentina's options: Kirchner or Kirchner

    Argentina's First Lady, Senator Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is positioned to become the government's candidate for next year's presidential election, wrote analyst Joaquín Morales Solá in his Thursday column of La Nacion.

  • Friday, November 10th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

    Penguin News Update

    Headlines:
    Trawler Holberg wrecked at Port Purvis; Police chief found guilty; Remembrance weekend; This week's cruise visitors.

  • Friday, November 10th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

    Gibraltar tripartite process overcomes minor tremor

    A joint “damage control” release from Spain, United Kingdom and the government of Gibraltar tried to recover the tripartite Cordoba process which was severely exposed when Spanish Foreign Affairs minister “slipped with an error” in an interview with a local newspaper.

  • Friday, November 10th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

    Argentine conglomerate eyes Chilean beef industry

    One of Argentina's main conglomerates is planning to invest heavily in the Chilean meat industry purchasing one of the country's largest abattoirs, extensive ranch land with cattle in the south and a biotechnology business to improve the quality and performance of beef cattle.

  • Friday, November 10th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

    Construction industry boom in Magallanes Region

    Magallanes and Aisen regions in the extreme south of Chile are undergoing a boom in the construction industry pushed by urban development, real estate and public works, according to the latest report from the Chilean Construction Chamber.

  • Friday, November 10th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

    Pilot whales mass beaching in New Zealand

    Over 40 pilot whales have died in a mass beaching in northern New Zealand on Friday. A pod of the same size was refloated by volunteers and guided by boats out to sea.