Stories for October 16th 2004

Saturday, October 16th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

Chilean Navy delegation in Ushuaia celebration.

A delegation of Chilean naval authorities travelled last October 12 to Ushuaia, Argentina, specially invited by their Argentine Navy counterparts to participate in the city's 120th anniversary.

Saturday, October 16th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

Executive order puts Lan Peru back in the air.

Lan Peru resumed domestic and international flights this Friday afternoon following an emergency executive order signed last night by Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo leaving without effect a Court ruling that suspended the company's operations for five days beginning Friday.

Saturday, October 16th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

Judge upholds Argentine government in hake dispute.

An Argentine Federal Court Judge from Rawson, José Eduardo Pinsker turned down legal appeals which would have allowed 11 vessels belonging to five companies to continue catching common hake (Merluccius hubbsi).

Saturday, October 16th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

Former OAS chief in Costa Rican Court

Former Organization of American States, OAS, Secretary General Miguel Angel Rodríguez was handcuffed and carried away on arriving this Friday to San Jose airport in Costa Rica where he must respond to alleged claims of bribery which abruptly cut short his recent naming in OAS.

Saturday, October 16th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

Argentina replaces Chile in UN Security Council.

Argentina, Denmark, Greece, Japan and Tanzania won this week seats as non permanent members of the United Nations Security Council.

Saturday, October 16th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

“Penguin News” Voice of the Falklands for 25 years.

The first copies of Penguin News went on sale twenty five years ago this month.
Islander Graham Bound sensed a gap in the market and decided a new Falkland Islands newspaper was needed. Penguin News was created and has, save for a few rare silences, been with us ever since.
October 3, 1979 saw the publication of the first issue of this paper.

Saturday, October 16th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

Gibraltar “aspirations and interests” included in UN text.

In its session this week the United Nations Fourth Committee adopted without a vote the decision calling for a solution on Gibraltar but changing the text for the first time in years.
It followed Spanish president Jose Rodriguez Zapatero's statement last month when he said that Madrid wanted to hear Gibraltar's voice.

Saturday, October 16th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

“Patagonia Declaration” stresses sustainable tourism.

The formal Third Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Tourism Ministers Meeting which convened officials and delegates from 18 of 22 APEC member countries to Punta Arenas closed early afternoon last Thursday with the “Patagonia Declaration”.