Stories for March 14th 2005

Monday, March 14th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

New arsenal for Venezuela.

The US military's senior officer responsible for security co-operation in Latin America has warned of the destabilising potential posed to the region by the Venezuelan government's controversial, and opaque, arms procurement programme.

Monday, March 14th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

IAPA Meeting ends today in Panama.

Inter America Press Association program ends today, March 14, with resolutions and conclusions, as well as the Closing Luncheon with the participation of Arthur O. Sulzberger, Jr., editor of The New York Times.

Monday, March 14th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Remittances for nearly $700 million.

Argentines living abroad send more than nearly $700 million home a year; triple the level three years ago, the Clarin newspaper reported Sunday, citing National Migration Service figures.

Monday, March 14th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Breaking News.

Headlines:

HMS Endurance scheduled in Punta Arenas; Clocks set back 60 minutes in Chile;
Cruise season “positive” with 3% visitors increase; Cruise season “positive” with 3% visitors increase; Lan reduces weekly flights to Ushuaia; Private vessel for Antarctic scientific research; Chile increases air operational capability in Antarctica; US forestry volunteers in Torres del Paine.

Monday, March 14th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Mexican among the world's four richest men

A Mexican figures among the four richest men in the world according to the latest edition of the annual United States Forbes magazine ranking.

Monday, March 14th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Argentina and Chile wish for gas supply normalization.

Argentina and Chile agreed Monday to continue strengthening their bilateral “strategic alliance” and overcome recent “trade differences” but could only politely hope for a quick normalization of natural gas supplies.

Monday, March 14th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Argentine Coast Guard “targets” fine paying trawlers

Galician fishing captains in the South Atlantic are shocked with the recent arrest by an Argentine Coast Guard vessel of the Spanish flagged trawler “Jose Antonio Nores” which was caught supposedly poaching late February in Argentine waters, reports El Faro from Vigo.