Stories for July 26th 2004

Monday, July 26th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

Chilean company demands Argentine gas suppliers.

A Chilean private utility company and its electricity generating facility in Santiago confirmed this Sunday they have presented a demand in an international tribunal against Argentine private natural gas suppliers.

Monday, July 26th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

Chavez prefers Mercosur to Andean integration.

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez admitted he prefers Venezuela's integration to Mercosur over the Andean Community of Nations, CAN, which he described as an agreement of “elites”.

Monday, July 26th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

Kirchner contains political crisis.

Argentine president Nestor Kirchner contained this weekend a political storm by dismissing Justice and Security Minister Gusatavo Beliz and appointing Treasury Prosecutor General Horacio Rosatti to replace him following a growing controversy over law enforcement which became most evident July 16 when the police stood passively for hours while demonstrators attempted to storm the Buenos Aires Legislature.

Monday, July 26th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

“There's no way a General can accumulate that money”

The current investigation into former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet bank accounts is directed preliminarily to discover infringements of tax legislation since the funds deposited in the Riggs Bank of Washington DC were never included in the General's 1994/98 tax statements, according to Santiago press reports.

Monday, July 26th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

Falklands' visitors must have medical insurance.

The Falklands Immigration Department has reminded visitors to the Islands to take out adequate medical insurance.