MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for October 5th 2004
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Tuesday, October 5th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Travel Mart Latin America: New Argentine Protest.
“The Argentine Government wishes to remind that the Malvinas Islands, Southern Georgias and South Sandwich Islands and the maritime spaces around them are an integral part of the Argentine national territory and, illegitimately occupied by the United Kingdom of Britain and Northern Ireland, are the subject of a sovereignty dispute between the two countries.”
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Tuesday, October 5th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
US supports Brazil's Security Council candidacy.
United States Secretary of State Colin Powell said this Tuesday that Brazil is “a solid candidate” to become a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council and praised Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva for his regional leadership and international standing.
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Tuesday, October 5th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Chilean consumer prices stable.
Chile recorded this year the lowest September consumer prices index since 1931, that is 0,1% with an accumulated nine months rate of 2,3% and 1,5% during the last twelve months according to the latest release from the Chilean Statistics Office.
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Tuesday, October 5th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Record fisheries exports.
Chilean fisheries exports reached 1,468 billion US dollars during the first seven months of 2004, a 12,8% increase over the same period last year indicating that the 2,5 billion US dollars target for the whole twelve months can be achieved, reported the Fisheries National Society, SNP.
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Tuesday, October 5th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Fruit from California to Falklands.
Fresh fruit from as far a field as the United States of America is now gracing the fresh produce cabinets in the West Store of Stanley.
