MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for January 2004
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Monday, January 12th 2004 - 20:00 UTC
Scepticism and distrust of Bush likely at Americas Summit.
U.S. President George W. Bush is expected to meet with scepticism and rejection of his policies by regional leaders at the Special Summit of the Americas meeting set to start today in Monterrey, Mexico.
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Monday, January 12th 2004 - 20:00 UTC
Fidel Castro cracks on internet users.
Cubans as of this week have growing difficulties to access to the internet following the Fidel Castro regime ban on world wide net connection from the regular phone lines system.
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Sunday, January 11th 2004 - 20:00 UTC
Gibraltar News.
Headlines:
Blair will not participate of Tercentenary; Gibraltar constitutional review only with “Spanish consent”; GibTele sues European Commission; Surprise visit of Madrid British Ambassador to the Rock; Trail link between Europe and Africa. -
Sunday, January 11th 2004 - 20:00 UTC
“Restructuring plans” for Royal Navy confirmed.
The Royal Navy insisted that no decisions had been made about reductions to its fleet, amid reports that it was set to lose four major warships in the next three months.
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Sunday, January 11th 2004 - 20:00 UTC
Brazilian record farm export.
Brazilian agriculture exports established a record in 2003 having reached 30,6 billion US dollars thus contributing to the country's overall trade surplus, reported Brazil Ministry of Agriculture Production and Commercialization Office.
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Sunday, January 11th 2004 - 20:00 UTC
Strong increase in Magallanes tourism.
The influx of foreign tourists to Magallanes Region experienced a strong 36% expansion during 2003 according to the Chilean International Police and Migration Office statistics.
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Sunday, January 11th 2004 - 20:00 UTC
Argentina rebuilds IMF relation.
The International Monetary Fund finally approved the first review of the accord signed with Argentina last September, and without modifying a “iota” according to the Argentine government. However the approval comes three weeks later than expected because of the “difficult” relation between both sides.
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Friday, January 9th 2004 - 20:00 UTC
Penguin News Update
Headlines:
Memorial moves closer; No agreement reached over charter flights; Charter companies replace Tristar; Malvina House sold; Cruise visits this week. -
Friday, January 9th 2004 - 20:00 UTC
U.S. tourists cancel trips to Brazil.
Some U.S. tourists have begun cancelling their trips to Brazil as a result of additional security measures adopted at Brazilian airports, O Globo daily reported Thursday.
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Friday, January 9th 2004 - 20:00 UTC
Brazil wants OAS nations to be exempted from new US screening
Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim has urged US Secretary of State Colin Powell to exempt citizens of Brazil and other Organization of American States (OAS) countries from the air travel security checks that his government considers abusive.
