MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for December 1st 2004
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Wednesday, December 1st 2004 - 20:00 UTC
Breaking News.
Headlines:
Chilean cruises directly from Antarctica; Expo-Magallanes next January;
Computerized Magallanes Clinic; Aircraft parking in Chilean Antarctic base. -
Wednesday, December 1st 2004 - 20:00 UTC
South Georgia toothfish quotas down this year.
Reductions in the levels of allowable catch for toothfish, together with alterations to the way the South Georgia Fishery is zoned, will lead to fewer vessels being licensed this year said South Georgia Director of Fisheries and Deputy Commissioner, Miss Harriet Hall, in Stanley on Tuesday.
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Wednesday, December 1st 2004 - 20:00 UTC
Death threats and killings in coup investigation.
Several high-profile Venezuelan government officials have received anonymous death threat letters, among which Attorney General Isaias Rodriguez, Vice President Jose Vicente Rangel, Supreme Court Chief Justice Ivan Rincon and Interior Minister Jesse Chacon.
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Wednesday, December 1st 2004 - 20:00 UTC
Chinese-Argentine electronics joint venture.
TCL from China, the world's largest television maker has singed a joint venture with Argentine electronics Radio Victoria and has plans to invest 20 million US dollars for the manufacture of electronic appliances in Argentina, reported Buenos Aires press.
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Wednesday, December 1st 2004 - 20:00 UTC
Cry for Argentina's working ladies
Working women in Argentina earn and average 34, 3% less than men in similar jobs and the difference is even greater for professionals with university education, reports the Buenos Aires press.
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Wednesday, December 1st 2004 - 20:00 UTC
Beware politicians of people's disbelief
Six out of ten people in the world have a mostly negative opinion of world leaders, particularly politicians according to the “Voice of the People” poll undertaken by the World Economic Forum and Gallup International.
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Wednesday, December 1st 2004 - 20:00 UTC
Former Brazilian president back in the political ring
Former Brazilian president Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1995/200) accused his successor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of having no proposals to end the problems and challenges facing the country.
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Wednesday, December 1st 2004 - 20:00 UTC
Unemployment in Chile stable at 9,4%
Unemployment in Chile reached 9,4% in the August/October quarter according to the country's Statistics Institute. This represents a slight 0,6% increase over the same period a year ago and a 0,3% contraction compared to the previous quarter.
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Wednesday, December 1st 2004 - 20:00 UTC
224 million described as poor in Latinamerica
Poverty in Latinamerica and the Caribbean experienced a slight contraction, close to 1%, in 2003, although still far from reversing the general collapse of past years according to the United Nations Economic Committee for Latinamerica, Cepal.
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Wednesday, December 1st 2004 - 20:00 UTC
Nelson connection with the Falklands to be commemorated.
A special coin will be minted for the Falkland Islands to commemorate the bicentenary in October next year of the Battle of Trafalgar and the death in the battle of Admiral Horatio Nelson.
