MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for March 2005
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Wednesday, March 16th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
WTO leadership candidate makes case to EU
Uruguay's Carlos Pérez del Castillo urged European Union legislators yesterday to back him for the job of director general of the World Trade Organization, saying the post should go to a person from a developing country.
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Wednesday, March 16th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Spain's Marsans might sell Argentine airline
Spanish travel group Marsans is seeking partners to invest in its Aerolíneas Argentinas unit, and would even consider selling it entirely if the price were right, a source close to the company said yesterday.
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Wednesday, March 16th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Airport for St. Helena by 2010
The British territory of St Helena, in the south Atlantic, has been given approval to build its first airport. The Department for International Development (Dfid) said the remote island - accessible only by ship - should have air access by 2010.
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Tuesday, March 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Saudis and Iran disagree over oil production.
Saudi Arabia Oil Minister Ali el Noeimi said that international crude is calling on the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, to increase its current supply of 27 million barrels per day by “another half million barrels”.
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Tuesday, March 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Shell sales in Argentina collapse 70%
Sales of Shell in Argentina dropped 70% since last Thursday when President Nestor Kirchner called on consumers to boycott the oil company for having increased the price of fuels 4,2%, said Carlos Calabró, president of the Argentine Federation of Fuel Businessmen.
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Tuesday, March 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Bankrupt Pinochet nephew offering kidney on sale
A nephew of former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet is offering on sale one of his kidneys in a last ditch effort to survive from bankruptcy, reports this week the Santiago press
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Tuesday, March 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Australia feels powerless about toothfish poaching.
An Australian fisheries patrol boat was powerless to stop six ships from suspected illegal fishing for the threatened Patagonian toothfish, reports the Federal Government in Canberra.
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Tuesday, March 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Brazilian cabinet reshuffle thinking in 2006 re-election.
Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is expected to announce this week a major cabinet reshuffle giving greater participation to conservative parties with the purpose of paving the way for his re-election in 2006.
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Tuesday, March 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Poor ranking for S. American cities.
Kidnapping, robberies and killings have placed Buenos Aires in position 115 of a world safety ranking which includes 215 cities in all continents. The safest is Luxembourg and at the other extreme figures Baghdad.
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Tuesday, March 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
“Elqui” charged with illegal fishing.
The Falkland Islands Court in Stanley informed Tuesday the owners and master of the detained longliner “Elqui”, allegedly surprised poaching in South Georgia's waters that they face three charges each for permitting the vessel to fish without a licence.
