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Stories for August 24th 2005

• Wednesday, August 24th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Peru jet crashes in jungle. A. Argentinas emergency landing.

  A Peruvian passenger plane crashed during a severe storm in Peru's northeastern jungle on Tuesday, killing at least 40 people, police said.

• Wednesday, August 24th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Venezuelans blast assassination call

  Conservative US evangelist Pat Robertson called for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, saying the leftist leader wanted to turn his country into ”the launching pad for communist infiltration and Muslim extremism.

• Wednesday, August 24th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Farm sales to LatAm increase 20 percent

  Argentina's farm exports to other South American nations rose 20 percent to 6.4 million tons in the first half of the year, compared with the same period in 2004, the government said yesterday.

• Wednesday, August 24th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Stiglitz backs strong government intervention

  Government proactive policies are a central element of industrial development policies and markets by themselves are not enough to promote economic growth, said Joseph Stiglitz, 2001 Economy Nobel Prize during a conference in Buenos Aires.

• Wednesday, August 24th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Buenos Aires consensus, a new agenda for Latinamerica

  Organized by Panama based Banco Latinoamericano de Exportaciones, BLADEX, Argentina hosted the “Buenos Aires Consensus, a new agenda for Latinamerica” conference.

• Wednesday, August 24th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Petrobras 2006/10 investment totals 56,4 billion US dollars

  Brazil's government owned oil company Petrobras announced plans to invest 56,4 billion US dollars in the next five years, most of it in Argentina, Venezuela and in the US areas of the Gulf of Mexico.

• Wednesday, August 24th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Wind and rain storm kills seven in Uruguay

  Seven people killed and extensive damage in urban areas was the result of hurricane strong winds and rain storms that struck Uruguay in the last 24 hours, reported officials in Montevideo.

• Wednesday, August 24th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina-Uruguay controversy over pulp mill plants

  The Argentine government pledged Tuesday to press its request to the Uruguayan government to halt construction of two pulp mills on the Uruguay River.

• Wednesday, August 24th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Lavagna ratifies “weak peso” policy to promote exports

  Keeping the value of the peso relatively weak is essential if Argentina's exports are to continue growing, said Argentine Economy Minister Roberto Lavagna speaking at an event organized by the Argentine Exporters Chamber to celebrate Exports Day.

• Wednesday, August 24th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  M2006 Games Queen's Baton en route to Falklands

  The Queen's Baton to mark the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia next year, leaves Bermuda for the Falkland Islands on Saturday.