MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for July 2004
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Wednesday, July 21st 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Japan Counts Caribbean Nations As Allies.
Caribbean nations have lined up behind Japan in its bid to reverse an International Whaling Commission ban on commercial whaling; drawing renewed claims from environmentalist groups they are selling their votes for new fisheries and other Japanese-funded projects.
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Wednesday, July 21st 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Powell Urges International Aid for Haiti.
New international aid must flow rapidly to Haiti to bring jobs, better roads, water fit to drink and other improvements to people's lives, Secretary of State Colin Powell said Tuesday.
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Wednesday, July 21st 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Chilean leader: 'No one in Chile is above the law'.
Chile's President Ricardo Lagos said Tuesday that no one in the country is above the law when asked whether former dictator Augusto Pinochet should face prosecution for abuses during his 17-year rule.
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Wednesday, July 21st 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Democratic security is restoring Colombia's independence.
Colombian president Alvaro Uribe said Tuesday his “democratic security” policy, which includes escalated warfare against leftist rebels, is restoring to the nation the independence it lost to insurgency, corruption and poverty.
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Tuesday, July 20th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
EU-Mercosur round in Brussels.
The European Union and Mercosur delegates will attempt this week in Brussels to cut differences and advance in a free trade agreement that has been elusive since 1999. The agreed timetable for reaching an understanding is next October.
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Tuesday, July 20th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Lloyds Bank sell assets in Argentina.
Lloyds Bank Argentina has reached an agreement with Patagonia Sudameris Bank for the transfer of local operations, said a spokesperson for the British bank that a few months ago announced its decision to abandon Argentina.
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Tuesday, July 20th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Aeolic energy for gasoline station.
Under the name of “El Patagón”, the Brazilian oil company Petrobras inaugurated this weekend the first gasoline station in Patagonia that functions with a combination of conventional and Aeolic (wind) energy.
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Tuesday, July 20th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Pinochet US bank accounts: Bush promises “full investigation”.
US President George W. Bush said this Monday that the US Senate will deliver a “full investigation” on the Riggs Bank alleged cover up operations with funds and accounts belonging to former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.
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Tuesday, July 20th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
President Lagos rejects “gas for sea” proposal.
Chilean president Ricardo Lagos said Chile is prepared to negotiate with Bolivia future gas projects following the massive support for his Bolivian counterpart Carlos Mesa energy policy in last Sunday's referendum. However the Chilean president insisted that no “sovereign” access to the Pacific Ocean is on the negotiation table.
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Tuesday, July 20th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Relief for Repsol-YPF Bolivian project.
Sunday's referendum in Bolivia which opened the way for the country's export of natural gas has come as a relief to Repsol-YPF, one of several corporations involved in a massive 6 billion US dollars ambitious plan to commercialize the country's vast hydrocarbon resources.
