MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for September 2005
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Friday, September 16th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Pinochet received bribes from BAE
United Kingdom arms manufacturer British Aerospace, BAE, paid through front companies over two million US dollars to General Augusto Pinochet, reveals a joint investigation by the British newspaper The Guardian and Chile's La Tercera.
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Friday, September 16th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina, richest country in Latinamerica
Argentina figures as the richest country in Latinamerica according to the latest report from the World Bank which takes into account other items beyond the traditional per capita Gross Domestic Product, to measure countries' wealth.
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Friday, September 16th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
No end in sight to Mar del Plata fishermen's strike
The Argentine government and the fishing unions are locked in a salary dispute which has paralyzed the country's main fleet in Mar del Plata. Unions are demanding the implementation of Ministry of Labour resolution 254/05 stipulating salaries must be paid in US dollars.
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Friday, September 16th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Chilean salmon and trout exports keep expanding
Chilean salmon and trout exports reached 903.1 million US dollars during the first seven month of 2005, a 10% increase over the same period in 2004, according to statistics from the Salmon Industry Association AG (SalmonChile). Export volume on the other hand expanded 3% to 215,636 tons.
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Friday, September 16th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Argentine economy expands 10,1% in second quarter
The Argentine economy expanded 10,1% in the second quarter of 2005 compared to the same period a year ago, the highest since the first quarter of 2004, spurred by investment and private consumption.
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Thursday, September 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
UN Assembly adopts watered down document
The UN General Assembly adopted a watered-down document on poverty, human rights and UN reform for world leaders to approve at a summit this week, after shedding many of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's most ambitious goals during weeks of bitter debate.
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Thursday, September 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Kirchner in UN calls for Falklands' sovereignty talks
Argentine president Nestor Kirchner, speaking before United Nations, called on the British government for a quick resumption of negotiations leading to a solution for the Malvinas Islands disputed sovereignty, which he described as “a central issue for the Argentine people”.
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Thursday, September 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Malvinas veterans protest in downtown Buenos Aires
Demanding compensation for past military services a group of some 30 Malvinas war veterans took the main offices in downtown Buenos Aires of the Argentine government agency managing health-care programs for pensioners.
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Thursday, September 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil cuts basic interest rate after 17 months
The Brazilian Central Bank cut the benchmark Selic lending rate 25 points to 19,5% from a two-year high, 19,75%. The rate reduction, the first in 17 months, follows nine rate increases since September 2004 that stemmed a surge in inflation.
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Thursday, September 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Japanese vessel will survey squid in Argentina's EEZ
Japanese flagged research vessel Kiyo Maru will begin next Friday September 16 a research cruise in the South Atlantic to assess squid (Illex argentinus) juveniles from the summer spawning stock (SDV) and from the southern Patagonian stock (SSP).
