MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for 2004
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Wednesday, June 2nd 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Record trade surplus in Brazil
Brazil's foreign trade keeps breaking records. Last May trade surplus reached 3,118 billion US dollars, the highest ever for a month with exports totaling 7,927 billion US dollars and imports 4, 823 billion US dollars.
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Wednesday, June 2nd 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil optimistic with next oil licencing round
The strong international demand and prices for oil should boost corporations interest for the next Brazilian oil licencing round scheduled August 17/18, said Sebastiao do Rego Barros, CEO of the country's National Petroleum Agency, ANP.
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Wednesday, June 2nd 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina 's new offer to defaulted bond holders
Argentina presented this Tuesday a new private debt restructuring offer which includes repayment of accrued (defaulted) interests and the issuing of bonds linked to economic growth, but the controversial 75% capital cut (acquittance) originally proposed, stands
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Wednesday, June 2nd 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Mussel fact finding trip
Starting a mussels industry plus attracting Scottish investment to the Falkland Islands was the main objective of a two weeks fact finding trip by representatives of the Islands fishing industry.
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Tuesday, June 1st 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Top marks for Kirchner and Uribe
Argentina's Nestor Kirchner and Colombia's Alvaro Uribe are the Latinamerican presidents with the best performance record in 2004 according to the latest opinion poll from the Ibero-American Governance Barometer which covers 17 countries.
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Tuesday, June 1st 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Decisive week for Kirchner and bondholders
Argentine president Nestor Kirchner returned this Monday to his office in Casa Rosada after suffering a strong strain of influenza that kept him away for several days including his participation in the European Union-Latinamerican summit in Mexico.
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Tuesday, June 1st 2004 - 21:00 UTC
And next December, “Samba 01”
Brazil's presidential Air Force One to be delivered next December will be equipped with a sophisticated communications and security system and a presidential desk that will enable the Brazilian head of government to rule from the air.
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Tuesday, June 1st 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil businessmen expect higher inflation
Brazil's financial markets expect the annual inflation target to advance from 6,36% to 6,50% following the latest data about retail and wholesale price indexes, according to a poll among the country's main one hundred companies and published by Focus from the Central Bank.
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Tuesday, June 1st 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Aerolineas Argentinas expansion program
Aerolíneas Argentinas, now Spanish owned, will be investing 558 million US dollars in the next five years to renew its fleet, vice-president Jose Maria Llodrá announced in Buenos Aires.
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Tuesday, June 1st 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Chilean meat sales will reach 350 million US dollars
The Chilean meat industry will be exporting 350 million US dollars in 2004 announced Agriculture Minister Arturo Barrera Miranda during the recent Expo-Carne and the biennial meeting of the industry held in Santiago's Machopo Station.
