Stories for April 16th 2005

Saturday, April 16th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

EU candidate closer to becoming WTO head

Former European Union Trade Commissar Pascal Lamy received this week the most support in the first round of consultations for a new head of the World Trade Organization, according to officials in Geneva.

Saturday, April 16th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

US open to a “consensus candidate” for OAS post

United States is considering “all alternatives” for the election of the Organization of American States next Secretary General and doesn't discard supporting a consensus candidate, said Friday US Under Secretary for Hemispheric Affairs Roger Noriega.

Saturday, April 16th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

“Intelligent interaction” instead of Washington consensus

Surging raw material prices, better trade figures, stronger currencies and the lessons from the past seem to have imposed a sober mood in the Inter American Development Bank, IDB annual Assembly held this week in Okinawa, Japan.

Saturday, April 16th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Sea freight rates almost double in twelve months

Sea freight costs leaving Chile have increased 90,5% in the last twelve months according to the Index of Sea Export Freights, IFNE which is calculated by the Manufacturing and Services Export Association of Chile.

Saturday, April 16th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Aero2000-Lan begins flying June “or even before”

Lan Chile will begin operations in Argentina next June through Aero2000-Lan absorbing a thousand workers from two bankrupt Argentine airlines, was announced in Buenos Aires.

Saturday, April 16th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Ecuador President Calls State of Emergency

Facing growing street protests demanding his ouster, President Lucio Gutierrez declared a state of emergency Friday night in the capital and dissolved the Supreme Court in an effort to resolve an escalating political crisis.