MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for July 2004
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Wednesday, July 14th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands Governor states the British case and issues an invitation.
On Tuesday morning, Mr. Howard Pearce, the Governor of the Falkland Islands, chose the platform of a meeting organized for farmers by the Falkland Islands Rural Business Association to issue a firm assurance that any attempts that might be made by Argentina to discuss Falkland Islands sovereignty with the British Government would be refused, unless they occurred with the consent of the islanders. “The British Government is going to be very robust on this,” he said.
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Wednesday, July 14th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Falkland Islands Meat Company Review of 2004 Season.
On Tuesday afternoon, Operations Manager, John Ferguson, treated Falkland Islands farmers in Stanley for the Annual ?Farmers Week' to an upbeat presentation on the operation of the Sand Bay Abattoir, during the 2003-4 austral summer season.
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Tuesday, July 13th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
HMS Tireless: Spain satisfied with FCO reply.
Spanish Foreign Affairs Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos expressed satisfaction this Monday with a pledge from British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw that the nuclear submarine HMS Tireless will leave Gibraltar “in a couple of days”.
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Tuesday, July 13th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Start the Falklands Farmer's Week
Monday 12th July marked the beginning of Farmers' Week in the Falkland Islands.
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Tuesday, July 13th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Chile, darling of foreign investors in the region.
Chile figures ninth in the world ranking of countries best qualified for foreign invertors according to the US based consultants A. T. Kearney
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Tuesday, July 13th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Lula is Mercosur's “main leader”.
Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva “is Mercosur's main leader”, said Argentine former president Eduardo Duhalde who currently is president of Mercosur's Council of Permanent Representatives.
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Tuesday, July 13th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Strong Chilean investment overseas.
Chilean investments overseas in the first half of 2004 reached the 1998 half year mark considered one of the country's record totaling 997 million US dollars, 238% increase over 2003.
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Tuesday, July 13th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Plastic surgery and tango lessons in Buenos Aires.
A United States company is offering tourist packages in Argentina that combine plastic surgery with leisure activities such as a seven-day excursion that includes silicone breast implants and tango, reported the Buenos Aires press last Sunday.
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Tuesday, July 13th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
July holidays boom in Argentina.
An estimated 7,5 million Argentines are taking advantage of the mid term school holidays to travel to different parts of the country with their families.
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Tuesday, July 13th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Breaking News.
Headlines:
Kelp processing plant in Porvernir; EU has 419 reported cases of mad cow; Aid for stranded Chilean crewmembers.
