Stories for January 12th 2005

Wednesday, January 12th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

Brazil/Argentina axis “will not yield to US”

Brazilian Foreign Affairs Minister Celso Amorim believes United States will not be signing a bilateral agreement with Mercosur because the Brazil/Argentina axis “won't accept just any offer”, contrary to what has happened with most other countries which have sat to the negotiating table with Washington.

Wednesday, January 12th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

195,393 tourists visited Ushuaia in 2004

Ushuaia in Argentine Tierra del Fuego attracted 195,303 tourists during 2004 (an 8% increase over 2003), and responding to a growing demand will have increased its hosting capacity by 65% at mid year, reports the Argentine press.

Wednesday, January 12th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

Private jet couldn't fly direct from Argentine to Falklands.

Government House has asked the British Embassy to follow up reports, after a request from Acting Governor Harriet Hall, which Argentina refused permission for a private plane to fly from Argentina to the Falklands.