MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for May 2005
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Saturday, May 14th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Ms. Rice's positive and negative populism
United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice promised before the US Congress to resist what she described as growing “undemocratic populism” in Latinamerica.
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Saturday, May 14th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
WTO: Lamy wins race for top job
Pascal Lamy of France has won the race to lead the World Trade Organization and should be appointed later this month, the head of the selection panel said yesterday.
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Saturday, May 14th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
New York court lifts Argentine bond freeze
A New York appeals court lifted a freeze on $7bn of Argentine defaulted bonds, removing what Buenos Aires had claimed was an obstacle to completing its record $100bn debt-restructuring.
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Friday, May 13th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Penguin News Update
Headlines: Uncertain future for racecourse; Lord Triesman replaces Falklands' friend Rammell at FCO; Desire identifies ?dual targets'; Sth American/Arab declaration.
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Friday, May 13th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Foot-and-mouth scare threatens New Zealand
As farmers and exporters in this nation of ten times more sheep than people hope a foot-and-mouth scare turns out to be a hoax, analysts warned yesterday that if it proves true, the disease could devastate the nation's economy.
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Thursday, May 12th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
FCO: no surprises in EU constitution
In a brief release the United Kingdom Embassy in Brazil pointed out Wednesday that references to the Falkland Islands as a British Overseas Territory in the European Constitution are expressed in identical terms to those in European Union treaties since Britain joined in 1971.
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Thursday, May 12th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Latinamerica trade surplus with US grows 14,7%
Latinamerica and the Caribbean countries trade surplus with United States increased 14,7% in March reaching 8,36 billion US dollars, reported Wednesday the US Commerce Department.
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Thursday, May 12th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil's inflation surges in April
Brazil's consumer price index rose a 0.87% in April the highest monthly rate since last July (0,91%) according to the latest release from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, IBGE. Last March the index increased 0.61%.
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Thursday, May 12th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Bolivia on the verge of another major crisis
Powerful Bolivian Indian leader Evo Morales rejected Wednesday President Carlos Mesa call for a consensus, insisting that his party will press for the immediate implementation of the Hydrocarbons bill which significantly hikes royalties and taxes for foreign oil and gas companies operating in the country.
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Thursday, May 12th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Lan Argentina begins operations June 8
Lan Argentina, affiliate of Lan Chile will begin operations next June 8 with regular flights between Buenos Aires and Cordoba and Mendoza, reported the company Wednesday in Buenos Aires.
