MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for July 2005
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Wednesday, July 20th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
GSI Admiral calls in Punta Arenas
The hydrocarbons seismic surveying vessel “GSI Admiral”, currently under contract in Falkland Islands' waters called in Punta Arenas for two weeks maintenance and repairs, reports the local press.
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Wednesday, July 20th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
America's summit: “Jobs creation”, the heart of the matter
Argentina admitted Tuesday having differences with the United States regarding the Americas Summit scheduled for next November in Mar del Plata but these are concentrated in “the drafting of the final document and security”.
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Wednesday, July 20th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Bolivian Indians feel they can win presidency
Socialist Bolivian peasants' leader Evo Morales is confident he can build an alliance, based on support from the country's indigenous majority, that this time will ensure him victory in December's presidential election.
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Tuesday, July 19th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Lula admits PT mistakes, which must be corrected
Brazilian president Lula da Silva ratified that if the Workers Party, --currently involved in a major corruption scandal--, committed mistakes it must open its books to the Brazilian public opinion and say how they will correct them.
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Tuesday, July 19th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Chile's Mercosur deficit increased 469% in ten years
Chile's trade deficit with Mercosur full members, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay has jumped 469% between 1995 and 2004, from 902 million US dollars to 5.1 billion US dollars by far the country's largest with any trade block.
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Tuesday, July 19th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina, Peru and Chile navies powers, “balanced”
Chile is not involved in an arms race, just replacing old units and by 2008 the navies of Argentina, Peru and Chile “will be quite evenly balanced”, stated Chilean Navy commander Admiral Rodolfo Codina Díaz.
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Tuesday, July 19th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Strong expansion of industrial activity and revenue
Industrial activity in Argentina increased 6,4% during June compared to a year ago accumulating a 7,2% expansion in the first half of the year according to the latest release from the Statistics and Census Office.
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Tuesday, July 19th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Positive facts, negative expectations
Chile registered the lowest country risk rating in Latinamerica with 59 basic points reflecting the excellent moment of the country's economy and government finances.
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Tuesday, July 19th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Petrobras signs oil export contract to China
Brazil's government owned Petrobras announced Monday the signing of a contract for the export to China of 12,000 bpd of crude adding that it expects sales of petroleum products to reach a billion US dollars annually in five years.
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Tuesday, July 19th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
US travellers to Cuba drops drastically
The number of United States travellers to Cuba has dropped drastically over the past year reported Monday the Miami press.
