MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for February 2005
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Friday, February 18th 2005 - 20:00 UTC
US Puts Cold Cloth to Small Friction with Argentina
Lino Gutierrez, US Ambassador to Argentina, lowered the tone Thursday to a controversy caused by a US report alerting its citizens on the possible risks of traveling to Argentina.
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Friday, February 18th 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Red Ensign Conference concludes.
Falklands fishing vessels could soon be crewed by Chilean officers after discussions at the Red Ensign Conference in Stanley this week.
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Thursday, February 17th 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Venezuelan economy expanded 17,3% last year.
Rocketed by strong oil prices and political stability Venezuela's economy surged 17,3 % in 2004 following two years of significant contraction, and according to a release from the Venezuelan Central Bank this was the largest increase “since indexes began to be recorded”.
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Thursday, February 17th 2005 - 20:00 UTC
China outpaces US as main consumer nation.
China became in 2004 the world's main consumer of several basic items for industrial countries (commodities and energy), --displacing United States--, according to a report from the Washington based Earth Policy Institute.
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Thursday, February 17th 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Colombian president en route to re-election.
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe would be comfortably re-elected if the vote were held this week according to the latest public opinion polls, reported the country's main radio network Radio Caracol.
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Thursday, February 17th 2005 - 20:00 UTC
CIA's “potentially” unstable countries list.
United States Central Intelligence Agency Director, Porter Goss identified Venezuela, Colombia, Haiti, Cuba and Mexico a countries “potentially” unstable in 2005.
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Thursday, February 17th 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Kyoto pact starts despite U.S.
The Kyoto Protocol, the historic treaty requiring cuts in gas emissions which cause global warming, took effect yesterday with the support of 141 nations.
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Thursday, February 17th 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Former President's Daughter Found Dead.
The daughter of former Paraguayan President Raul Cubas Grau was found dead, months after she was abducted by heavily armed gunmen.
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Thursday, February 17th 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Falkland Oil and Gas Ltd.
Seismic Survey UpdateFOGL announces that it has completed recording approximately 50% of the planned 10,500 km 2D seismic survey in its 83,000 sq km licence areas to the south and east of the Falkland Islands.
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Thursday, February 17th 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Falklands: Illex season started.
The Falklands illex fishing season started on Tuesday, with reduced expectations from the Government for its licence fee income after last year's disastrous catches.
