Stories for March 1st 2005

Tuesday, March 1st 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Uruguayan wins first Oscar for a Spanish song.

The Oscar was more than a prize for Uruguayan composer and singer Jorge Drexler, who used his statuette for Best Original Song as an opportunity to show the Academy Sunday evening what it means to sing in Spanish and win a moral victory.

Tuesday, March 1st 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Pragmatism and seduction mark new Uruguayan president.

Soft spoken Tabare Vazquez who takes office Tuesday as Uruguay's next elected president is the fourth child of an oil refinery worker and the first oncologist to come out of the working class Montevideo neighborhood of La Teja.

Tuesday, March 1st 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Signal left, but turn right.

Latinamerica's presidential elite, with the exception of Cuban leader Fidel Castro, plus representatives from over a hundred countries will be present Tuesday at the inauguration ceremony of Uruguayan president Tabare Vazquez. An event that could be interpreted as a sensitive diplomatic and political realignment in the region.

Tuesday, March 1st 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Falklands Conservation Newsletter.

Headlines:
A New Director at Falklands Conservation; Henry Robinson Chairman; Best Year Ever for Falklands Penguins; New book on Falklands Rocks and Fossils.