MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for January 2005
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Wednesday, January 26th 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Brazil will lead a road show in Davos.
More than 2,000 business and political leaders from around the globe are arriving in the Swiss mountain resort Davos for the annual World Economic Forum.
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Tuesday, January 25th 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Australia's South Seas fisheries “expansionist attitude”
Uruguay's head of the Fisheries Department Captain Yamandu Flangini warned about the “expansionist attitudes” behind developed countries maritime policies which could lead to serious limiting of fisheries activities and recalled that two Uruguayan longliners have already suffered the consequences of this initiative.
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Tuesday, January 25th 2005 - 20:00 UTC
EC forces end to Gibraltar offshore tax regime.
The European Commission has formally requested the United Kingdom to abolish the Exempt Company tax regime in Gibraltar by the end of 2010 at the latest because the scheme violates the EC Treaty's ban on state aid liable to distort competition, said an EC spokesman.
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Monday, January 24th 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Arab UN Security Council permanent member suggests Brazil.
Brazil suggested that an Arab country be incorporated to the United Nations Security Council as a permanent member.
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Monday, January 24th 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Fisheries News.
Headlines:
INIDEP assesses hake biomass in San Jorge Gulf; Commercial southern hake farming in 2008. -
Monday, January 24th 2005 - 20:00 UTC
EU-Mercosur talks resume next April.
Mercosur and European Union representatives will resume next April in Asunción, Paraguay, the bogged free trade negotiations, reported last Friday the Paraguayan Foreign Affairs Ministry.
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Monday, January 24th 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Spanish president visits Brazil, Argentina and Chile.
Spanish president Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero began Sunday an official visit to the Southern Cone, --the first since taking office--, which will take him to Brazil, Argentina and Chile.
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Monday, January 24th 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Breaking News.
Headlines:
Chile resumes overseas investing; Divorces overtake marriages in Uruguay; Punta Arenas prefers Argentine doctors; Antarctic tourism booming; Shanghai second port in the world. -
Sunday, January 23rd 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Canadian MPs blast Argentinean “stranglehold” on Falklands development.
“If any other country were subject to such economic warfare, the rest of the world would not stay silent. It is time to break that silence.”
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Sunday, January 23rd 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Petrobras to invest a billion dollars in Espirito Santo
Brazil's government owned oil company Petrobras plans to invest the equivalent of 994 million US dollars in the South-eastern state of Espírito Santo, north of Rio do Janeiro, to develop oil and gas production projects, according to the Brazilian press.
