MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for 2004
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Tuesday, October 12th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
More Bolivian natural gas for Argentina.
Bolivian President Carlos Mesa and his Argentine counterpart, Nestor Kirchner, will meet in the southern Bolivian city of Sucre later this week to sign several bilateral energy agreements including the sale of greater volumes of natural gas.
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Tuesday, October 12th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Oil price surge impacts world growth.
Oil workers strike in Nigeria and the latest report from the International Energy Agency, IEA, have helped oil prices break new records this Tuesday according to analysts in New York where Texas light crude was selling at over 54 US dollars the barrel. In London North Sea Brent reached 51,50 US dollars.
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Monday, October 11th 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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Monday, October 11th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Chile Hot News
Summer time begins this weekend; Stronger Peso: 595 to the US dollar; New hospital for Punta Arenas; Insecurity and trust in democratic institutions; Sustainable tourism discussions; Bachelet leads vote intention opinion polls.
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Monday, October 11th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Argentines with poor opinion of US and Bush
A vast majority of Argentines, 61% do not think highly of the United States, according to a public opinion poll published Sunday in the Buenos Aires Pagina/12 newspaper.
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Monday, October 11th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Agriculture devastating Brazil's grasslands
Devastation of grasslands in Brazil is accelerating and the ecosystems are in danger of disappearing as did the jungle that once covered the country's Atlantic coast, state news agency Agencia Brasil reported this Sunday.
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Monday, October 11th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Uruguay reacts to “gorilla” comment
Relations between Argentina and Uruguay, which have had their ups and downs over the past year, are once again troubled after an Argentine governor called Uruguayan President Jorge Battle a “gorilla,” a nickname for anti-Peronists.
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Monday, October 11th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Mercosur-EU: “final effort” October 20
Mercosur Foreign Affairs ministers agreed last week in Rio do Janeiro to a “last political effort” next October 20 when they meet with European Trade Commissar Pascal Lamy to discuss about the signing of a elusive trade agreement with the EU which so far has proved elusive and controversial.
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Sunday, October 10th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
HMS Dumbarton Castle returns
HMS Dumbarton Castle arrived in Stanley Friday morning. She replaces HMS Leeds Castle as the permanent Falkland Islands Patrol Vessel.
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Saturday, October 9th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
OAS Secretary General resigns
Former Costa Rica president Miguel Angel Rodriguez submitted this Friday his resignation as Secretary General of the Organization of American States, OAS.
