MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for 2003
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Friday, February 28th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Penguin News Update
Headlines: Stanley's rapid repair team mend Around Alone yacht; Abattoir volumes up; Camp sports week; Cruise vessel visits.
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Thursday, February 27th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Toxins made by peat.
Humans have been putting highly toxic chemicals into the environment by burning peat for centuries, scientists say. Today, large amounts of these dioxins are released from waste incinerators, but research shows we have been exposed to these toxins since even before the industrial revolution.
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Thursday, February 27th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Fisheries News.
Headlines:Agreement boosts Chilean salmon exports to Japan; Galician fishermen back to work; Argentine shrimp exports down in 2002; Modern marine bio-technology centre in Vigo; Argentina lifts restrictions on Ecuadorian tuna; EU drops salmon dumping investigation; Cantabrian and north-western fishing limits modified.
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Thursday, February 27th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Coal viability project in Punta Arenas.
US consumer confidence collapse.Corfo, the official Chilean promotion corporation was granted a fifteen years mining lease in an island rich in coal reserves to the north of Punta Arenas. If exploratory geological surveying in the “Estancia Invierno” complex of Riesco Island concession indicates the commercial viability of the project, exploitation is expected to begin in twelve months.
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Thursday, February 27th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil's Lula faces first strike threats
The Brazilian government on Wednesday began meeting with civil-service unions that have called for pay hikes and threatened to hold what may be the first strikes since socialist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took office.
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Wednesday, February 26th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Argentine passport problem.
A forgotten passport, left behind in Rio Grande, curtailed a planned long weekend in the Falklands for a group of Argentine private pilot enthusiasts.
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Wednesday, February 26th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Virtual tie in Argentine.
The three leading Peronist candidates for the coming April 27 Argentine presidential election are virtually tied, with former president Carlos Menem showing a slight advantage according to the latest opinion poll published in Buenos Aires.
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Wednesday, February 26th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Almost a century in Antarctica. “Belgrano Expedition”
Argentina celebrated over the week end the 99th anniversary of its presence in Antarctica. On February 22, 1904, a group of Argentines began managing the Weather and Magnetic Observatory in Laurie Island, belonging to the South Orkney that had been originally established by a Scottish expedition.
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Wednesday, February 26th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
60 billion US dollars fled Argentina
According to an Argentine Congressional committee preliminary report, over 60 billion US dollars fled from Argentina between 1992 and 2001. Worse even, in spite of current legislation the report indicates that most of the money managed to evade Central Bank and other financial and tax institutions controls, while the banking system wasn't particularly willing to collaborate with the investigation.
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Wednesday, February 26th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Paraguayan ruling party leads in polls
Paraguay's presidential election next April 27 has become a tight race with the candidate for the ruling Colorado Party leading followed two points behind by the main opposition figure according to the latest opinion poll published by “ABC Color”, one of the capital Asunción main newspapers.
