MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for 2004
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Friday, August 6th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Defeat of “people to people diplomacy”
“Heavy handed Foreign Ministry pressure” seems to be the response to “people to people diplomacy and the triumph of reconciliation”, points out The Buenos Aires Herald in its Thursday (August 5) editorial criticizing Argentine government's reaction to a private visit by Malvinas Families next of kin to the recently finished Argentine Memorial in Darwin
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Friday, August 6th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Australia, NZ and US allied to fight illegal fishing.
Australia is helping to lead the way with a new approach to combat illegal fishing in the Southern Ocean through the adoption of a centralized Vessel Monitoring System (cams).
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Friday, August 6th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Latinamerica forecasted to expand 4,5%
The United Nations Latinamerica and Caribbean Economic Commission, Cepal, forecasts a much stronger growth in the region than originally expected.
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Friday, August 6th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Euro rate unchanged; UK rate hops to 4,75%
The Governing Council of the European Central Bank decided this Thursday that the minimum bid rate on the main refinancing operations and the interest rates on the marginal lending facility and the deposit facility will remain unchanged at 2%, 3% and 1% respectively.
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Friday, August 6th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Penguin News update.
Headlines:
Next of kin visit cancelled:' political implications' cited; Falklands loses formidable champion; No entry for Castle; Soldiers support hospital; Petrol price increase. -
Thursday, August 5th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
“Leeds Castle” forced to cancel Punta Arenas visit.
The Chilean Foreign Affairs Ministry annulled this Wednesday the Punta Arenas visit of British Falklands based patrol vessel HMS Leeds Castle that was scheduled to spend a week in the Chilean port.
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Thursday, August 5th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands Councillors regret Friday's flight's call off
Falklands Councillors regretted the “circumstances” that compelled the Argentine Families Commission to call off this Friday's private visit to the Darwin cemetery Memorial in Falklands where 237 Argentine combatants of the 1982 South Atlantic conflict are buried.
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Thursday, August 5th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Chile cautions Peruvian about border reviews.
Chile respects all opinions but stands strongly by its borders policy was Santiago's quick reply to Peruvian demands for talks on maritime frontiers and Peru's alleged readiness “in the event of an armed conflict with Chile”.
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Thursday, August 5th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Montevideo, “capital of Mercosur”
Brazil will grant full support for Montevideo as the “capital of Mercosur” revealed Tabare Vazquez the main contender in Uruguay's presidential election next October, following a meeting with Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Brasilia.
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Wednesday, August 4th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Next of kin suspend Memorial visit “till further notice”.
A spokesman for the Families Commission confirmed Tuesday night in Buenos Aires that a visit to the Argentine Cemetery at Darwin scheduled for later this week had been “suspended till further notice”.
