MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for 2004
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Friday, October 15th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Penguin News Update
Headlines:
Connie collects her MBE; Invasive species pose threat to Islands; Celebrate historic wedding with His Excellency.
News in brief: Promising oil progress; Fishing companies in court.
Inside Penguin News: Power Station turns; Readers' letters; Governor's wedding plans. -
Friday, October 15th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Second record US budget deficit.
The United States budget deficit reached 412 billion US dollars in fiscal 2004, the highest ever in the country's history according to a report from the Treasury Department.
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Friday, October 15th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Bielsa to meet Walker in Montevideo.
After having publicly stated that “it would not be possible to work” with Chilean Foreign Affairs minister Ignacio Walker, Argentine minister Rafael Bielsa finally said that the latest Chilean-Argentine controversy “was over”.
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Friday, October 15th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
More poor people in Brazil.
The number of Brazilians with insufficient resources to feed adequately actually increased during Socialist president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva first year of government according to an independent report.
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Friday, October 15th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Peru suspends flights of LAN Peru.
The Peruvian government suspended as of Friday October 15 all operations of the country's second largest air carrier Lan Peru following a judicial ruling stating the company had violated civil aviation regulations.
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Thursday, October 14th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina orders back vessels over-fishing hake.
The Argentine government ordered the Argentine Naval Prefecture, (Coast Guard) to immediately call to port all vessels which continue to fish despite having exceeded the common hake (Merluccius hubbsi) quota allocated for this year.
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Thursday, October 14th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Chileans will manage Uruguayan wood chip port.
The Uruguayan government granted Chilean company Graneles S.A. the rights to operate for 30 years the port of La Paloma on the Atlantic coast as an outlet for its forestry exports, reported the Montevideo press.
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Thursday, October 14th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Second chance for Chilean OAS candidate.
Chilean president Ricardo Lagos admitted several regional leaders had anticipated they would support a Chilean candidate for the Organization of American States secretary general following the controversial resignation of recently named Miguel Angel Rodríguez.
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Thursday, October 14th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Chile targets Asian-Pacific tourists
Attracting tourists from Asia and the Pacific is the great challenge for the Chilean tourism industry”, said Chilean Economy Minister Jorge Rodríguez Grossi who is acting host for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, APEC, tourism ministers summit currently taking place in Punta Arenas.
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Thursday, October 14th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Advises from WTO Secretary General
“APEC summit in Punta Arenas is a major event which has concentrated representatives from the two most tourism dynamic areas in the world, Asia and Latinamerica”, said Francesco Frangialli, Secretary General of the World Tourism Organization, WTO which has 144 country members, seven territories and over 300 private affiliates.
