MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for August 2005
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Friday, August 12th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Penguin News Update.
Headlines:
End of an era for Falklands protector;
The Falklands Regime: Bingham book hits the shelves.
News in brief: Marine life study; VC10 damaged; Elqui to be scuttled. -
Friday, August 12th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Hawks and doves exchange views at Malvinas seminar.
The debate on the role of diplomacy in the Malvinas / Falkland Islands dispute at the two day seminar on “The Malvinas in the South American Union” at the Foreign Ministry this morning, billed as “The Malvinas Question and the Transitory Understanding since 1989”, served to underscore the many differences that exist in Argentine society vis-à-vis handling the dispute.
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Friday, August 12th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Hard left slam Kirchner & Bielsa over Malvinas oil
A group of around 100 protesters belonging to the leftwing Trotskyist Socialist Workers Movement (MST) this afternoon staged a noisy demonstration outside the Foreign Ministry building in downtown Buenos Aires protesting over Argentina's current policies vis-à-vis the disputed Malvinas-Falklands Islands.
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Thursday, August 11th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Pinochet's wife and son jailed for tax fraud
Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet's wife and youngest son were indicted and arrested Wednesday in Santiago on tax fraud charges in connection with the millions of dollars discovered in the family's secret bank accounts overseas.
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Thursday, August 11th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Venezuela-Uruguay sign 25 year oil deal
Venezuela will guarantee Uruguay's oil supply for the next 25 years as part of an energy deal that also includes providing fuel to other countries in the region.
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Thursday, August 11th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Bielsa opens Malvinas Seminar, rejects charges of electioneering.
Speaking to the press after officially opening a two day seminar on “The Malvinas in the South American Union” at the Foreign Ministry this morning Argentine Foreign Minister Rafael Bielsa rejected charges that he was blatantly using the Malvinas conflict for electoral purposes.
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Thursday, August 11th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Sinking of Belgrano as a war crime advocates present case
Three advocates of the view that the sinking of the Argentine Navy cruiser ARA General Belgrano during the 1982 South Atlantic war should be treated as a war crime this afternoon presented their case at “The Malvinas in the South American Union” seminar being held at the Foreign Ministry.
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Wednesday, August 10th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Serbian war criminal accepts extradition to Holland
Serbian war criminal Milan Lukic, 37, accused of the murder of hundreds of Muslim during the Balkans conflict agreed Tuesday to be extradited and face charges before a United Nations tribunal in The Hague.
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Wednesday, August 10th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
“Malvinas and the South American Union” conference
A two days conference on the Falkland Islands conflict and sovereignty dispute to be opened and closed by Foreign Affairs Minister Rafael Bielsa will be held this week in Buenos Aires, sponsored among others by the Malvinas Families committee.
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Wednesday, August 10th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Chavez extends his influence to Mercosur
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez arrived late Tuesday night in Montevideo as part of a brief visit to the “Southern axis” which includes Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil where he's scheduled to sign several bilateral trade and integration agreements.
