MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for September 2005
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Thursday, September 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Colombia requests extradition of 3 Irish nationals
Colombia formally requested the government of Ireland the extradition of three Irish nationals sentenced to 17 years for training Colombian FARC insurgents in terrorist tactics.
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Thursday, September 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Scandal rocked Brazilian Congress expels “whistleblower”
The Brazilian deputy who triggered the worst crisis in the country's Congress in the last two decades was expelled Wednesday during a tumultuous session full of shouting, threats and recriminations.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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”.
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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.
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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.
