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Stories for October 2005

• Monday, October 3rd 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Brazilian corruption: “all party leaders involved”

  Brazilian ruling Workers Party, PT, former secretary general Silvio Pereira confessed that all top party leaders were well aware of the illegal financial scheme to pay for campaigns and ensure political support in Congress which has turned into a gigantic corruption scandal threatening President Lula da Silva's political future.

• Monday, October 3rd 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Bolivian president will resign if elections are postponed

  Bolivian caretaker President Eduardo Rodriguez threatened to resign if the general elections scheduled for December 4 should be postponed because Congress cannot agree on the redrawing of the country's electoral district map.

• Monday, October 3rd 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Soldier wounded in mine clearance operation

  A Chilean soldier was injured when a landmine exploded during a clearing operation in the Chungara base on the border with Bolivia, reported Santiago's La Tercera.

• Monday, October 3rd 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Incumbent candidate leads vote intention

  If Chile's presidential elections were held this week the ruling coalition Concertacion candidate Michelle Bachelet would manage 48% of the vote, according to the latest public opinion poll from Ipsos Search Marketing published Sunday.

• Monday, October 3rd 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Ladies work harder than men

  Latinamerican women work much harder than men according to a report from the United Nations Commission for Latinamerica and the Caribbean released during the XIII summit of the America's First Ladies which finished last week end in Asuncion, Paraguay.

• Monday, October 3rd 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Chilean rescue mission bogged in Antarctica

  The Chilean Army reported that the remains of the three military that died when their snow cat plunged into a deep crevasse in Antarctica will not be returned to the mainland until next Tuesday because of the adverse climate conditions.

• Monday, October 3rd 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Magallanes lowest unemployment in eight years

  Magallanes Region reported in the June-August quarter its best employment situation in eight years with unemployment dropping to 6%, according to the latest release from the Chilean Statistics Institute.

• Monday, October 3rd 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Taruman crewmembers return October 12

  The fourteen Chilean crewmember retained in Australia following the arrest of Cambodian flagged longliner Taruman illegally catching toothfish in Australian waters should be returning in two weeks time.

• Sunday, October 2nd 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Survivors of sunken poached longliner begin legal demand

  Former crewmembers and relatives of victims and disappeared in the tragic sinking of longliner “Amur” in October 2000, are demanding former Punta Arenas Port Marine Officer for having allowed the vessel to leave in spite of its alleged poor safety and sailing conditions reports the local press.

• Sunday, October 2nd 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Harpoon missiles for Chilean Navy new frigates

  United States Defence Department approved the sale of twenty “Harpoon” missiles as well as associated equipment and services, which will help improve the capability and flexibility of Chilean Navy frigates purchased to the Netherlands.