MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for March 24th 2005
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Thursday, March 24th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Nafta leaders show unity but problems persist.
President George Bush signed Wednesday a pact with the leaders of neighbouring Mexico and Canada aimed at boosting security and economic ties.
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Thursday, March 24th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Venezuela splits up landed estates.
Venezuela has declared a huge British-owned cattle ranch to be state property and handed out permits for local farmers to take over the land.
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Thursday, March 24th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Rumsfeld praises Lula and warns Venezuela.
U. S. stepped up its pressure against Venezuela's weapons procurement programme warning that it threatened to destabilize the region. Secretary of Defence D. Rumsfeld's comments during a visit to Brazil, were the strongest indicator yet of growing concern in Washington about the planned acquisition of large quantities of firearms from Russia by President Hugo Chávez's populist government in Venezuela.
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Thursday, March 24th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
The other side of Chile's success story.
Chile is a South American economic success story which keeps coming up with impressive macroeconomic figures including the 6,1% growth in 2004, but the bonanza and its 94 billion US dollars GDP still have some way to go before a significant reduction in social inequality and be perceived.
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Thursday, March 24th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Food basket: Punta Arenas 34% dearer than Santiago
The basic family food basket in Punta Arenas was last year among the three dearest in Chile, 34,5% above Santiago, according to a paper from the Economic and Financial Investigations Institute from the Andrés Bello University, based on information from the Chilean Statistics Institute.
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Thursday, March 24th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Gibraltar Breaking News.
Headlines:
Gib at Cruise Shipping Convention; Spanish Attorney General remarks trigger surprise; Trans border environmental legislation. -
Thursday, March 24th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Penguin News Update.
Headlines:
Hugh sets the marathon Standard; Camp dentistry service brought to an end.
News in brief:
Wireless this weekend; More beef on sale; Governor's new role. -
Thursday, March 24th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Embattled Peruvian president opens new front
Given the growing political tension with Peru, because of the alleged weapons sales to Ecuador during the “Condor war” in the nineties, the Chilean government decided Wednesday to temporarily freeze military contacts between both countries.
