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Stories for September 14th 2005

• Wednesday, September 14th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands' “rockcod” project considered a success

  The Vigo Cooperative of Vessel owners approved favourably the presentation of the “Rockcod Project”, a two year scientific research on the commercial potential for rockcod, a by catch in the Falkland Islands and South Atlantic fisheries.

• Wednesday, September 14th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Fujimori throws his hat into the Peruvian election ring

  Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori, currently exiled in Tokyo since 2000, collected Wednesday morning his new passport from the Peruvian consulate in the Japanese capital reported the Japanese news agency Kyodo.

• Wednesday, September 14th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Brazilian concern with Paraguay's Mercosur commitment

  Brazilian Foreign Affairs Minister Celso Amorim expressed concern over the possibility Paraguay and United States sign a free trade agreement and called for transparency in the military cooperation agreement between both countries.

• Wednesday, September 14th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Pre-Katrina US trade gap drops slightly

  United States trade deficit last August dropped 2,6% with exports reaching a new record while imports of consumer goods and capital equipment slowed according to the latest release from the US Department of Commerce.

• Wednesday, September 14th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Venezuelan corporations protest rash of expropriations

  Venezuela's main business association called Tuesday on the National Assembly and the Supreme Court to “restore legal and constitutional order” which is being destroyed by the Executive's expropriation of supposedly “inactive” companies and idle farms.

• Wednesday, September 14th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine-Chilean combined exercises in South Atlantic

  Argentine and Chilean naval forces participated last week in joint exercises in the South Atlantic with the purpose of increasing the two navies' capabilities and in a near future operating as a “Multinational Task Force”.

• Wednesday, September 14th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile's presidential campaign takes off

  Chile's December presidential campaign officially kicked Tuesday with five candidates running to succeed President Ricardo Lagos, four men and a woman. Opinion polls show the ruling coalition candidate very close to achieving the absolute majority in the first round thus avoiding a run off.

• Wednesday, September 14th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Surging oil prices force air industry to raise fares

  Anticipating huge losses because of soaring fuel prices Latinamerican and United States airlines have began raising fares in their regional flights.