MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for July 11th 2005
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Monday, July 11th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Sir Lawrence and Islanders heroism incidents
The author of the new official history of the Falklands War says he feels “genuinely uncomfortable” that many incidents of heroism displayed by Islanders and others during the campaign are barely discussed in his book.
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Monday, July 11th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Another chance for Bolivian presidential hopeful
Bolivian Congressman and peasant leader Evo Morales who finished second in the 2002 presidential race announced officially Sunday that he would seek Bolivia's presidency in December 4 general elections.
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Monday, July 11th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Texas: 29 cattle sacrificed and tested for BSE
Twenty nine livestock from a Texas herd have been sacrificed and Bovine Spongiform Encephalitis, BSE, “mad cow” tests will be done on samples, reported the United States Department of Agriculture.
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Monday, July 11th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Velvet and fist battle for the province of Buenos Aires
The full fledged political dispute for the province of Buenos Aires was confirmed this weekend when Argentine president Nestor Kirchner and former caretaker president Eduardo Duhalde openly supported their hand picked candidates for the Senate which happen to be their respective wive
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Monday, July 11th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Squid prospecting to begin 18 July in the northern zone
The National Institute for Fisheries Research and Development (INIDEP) recommended to the Federal Fisheries Council (CFP) to launch, next 18 July, the prospecting of Argentine shortfin squid (Illex argentinus) in the northern area of the Argentine fishing ground, which also includes the Common Fishing Zone (ZOCOPES) shared by Argentina and Uruguay.
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Monday, July 11th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands Farmers' week
Falkland Islands farmers begin this week in Stanley a full programme of events in the framework of the Farmers Week.
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Monday, July 11th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Mexico ruling party prepares for presidential election
Santiago Creel, a former Interior minister in the administration of Mexican President Vicente Fox, officially registered to run for the nomination of the ruling National Action Party (PAN).
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Monday, July 11th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Mitterrand authorized “Rainbow Warrior” sabotage
The sabotage of the Greenpeace flagship the Rainbow Warrior 20 years ago in New Zealand was carried out with the “personal authorization” of France's late president François Mitterrand, documents showed last Satruday.
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Monday, July 11th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Fuel smuggling from Argentina intensifies
Chilean Customs authorities have detected and warned about a considerable increase in the smuggling of cheap Argentine fuel into Magallanes region.
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Monday, July 11th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
A quarter of Latinamerica lives on 2 dollars pd
A quarter of the Latinamerican population subsists on less than two US dollars per day, compared to the one US dollar of half the Sub-Sahara and black Africa population according to the Interamerican Development Bank (IDB), Poverty Department.
