The Brazilian government worried with a weak dollar and its impact on exports announced its decision to counter the appreciation of the local currency.
Within the Task Force there was no hatred of the Argentineans; there was just a feeling of the wastefulness of them not realising that they needed to give up until the bitter end.
The Indian Ocean tsunami disaster that came from the sea exacted an inordinate toll from those that live from the sea beyond its deadly haul of 160,000 lives, destroying tens of thousands of fishing boats and other equipment that were the only source of income for many, according to United Nations figures released today.
The European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of England this Thursday left their key interest rates unchanged at 2% and 4.75%, respectively, deterred by weak economic growth and a strong euro.
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.
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.
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.
The Red Ensign Conference, an annual event, which brings together in a series of meetings those British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, which have shipping registers and the UK Maritime and Coast Guard Agency, will be held for the first time in the Falkland Islands next month.
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Controversial hake quota allocation; Fishing exports generated USD 742 million up to December 2004.
Bolivian authorities have agreed to extend natural gas exports to Argentina until December this year, but left the price negotiation up to Bolivia's state oil company YPFB and private gas producers, newspapers reported.