MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for October 2005
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Friday, October 21st 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Hungarian Bird Flu Vaccine “Effective”
Hungarian vaccine against the deadly bird flu has proved to be effective, Hungary's health minister Jeno Racz told local news agency MTI on Friday.
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Thursday, October 20th 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Venezuela claims right to nuclear energy
Venezuela insisted on Wednesday it has an “absolute right” to develop nuclear energy, which will have entirely peaceful ends.
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Thursday, October 20th 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Alexandra Shackleton honoured in Punta Arenas
The only granddaughter of the great British Antarctic expeditionary Sir Ernest Shackleton, the Honourable Alexandra Shackleton is currently visiting Punta Arenas together with Robert Headland, curator of the Cambridge University Polar Museum.
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Thursday, October 20th 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Brazilian FAM pushes beef prices in Chile
The consequences of the foot and mouth outbreaks in Brazil are already being anticipated in Chile and particularly Punta Arenas where beef prices are expected to undergo an increase of up to 20%.
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Thursday, October 20th 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Standards high on tour guides course
THERE is a central pool of ?brain strain' at about this time every year, when a collection of masochistic individuals gather together for the Tourist Board's annually-run Tour Guides Courses.
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Wednesday, October 19th 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Falklands' government denies any fuel tax
The Falkland Islands government denied Tuesday any proposals for the introduction of a fuel tax and insisted the “subject has not been, is not currently, nor are there any plans to discuss the subject in the future”.
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Wednesday, October 19th 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Brazil's export strategy vulnerability exposed
Brazilian former Industry, Trade and Tourism minister Dorotea Werneck described the export situation of Mercosur member countries, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay as a “tragedy” because of their high dependency on current markets evolution.
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Wednesday, October 19th 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Venezuela, Paraguay and Haiti the “most corrupt”
Several Latinamerican countries, mainly Venezuela, Paraguay and Haiti, figure among the group of countries perceived to be the most corrupt in the world, according to a Corruption Perceptions Index, (CPI) report by the Berlin based Transparency International released Tuesday.
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Wednesday, October 19th 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Brazil confirms FAM outbreaks expanding
The Brazilian government confirmed Tuesday three new outbreaks of foot and mouth disease in the state of Matto Grosso do Sul which will demand the sacrifice of thousands of heads of cattle.
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Wednesday, October 19th 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Bielsa upbeat on Mar del Plata summit
The IV Americas Summit declaration to be issued November following the meeting in Argentina's South Atlantic sea resort of Mar del Plata will “satisfy all parties, be concise and have concrete consequences”, said Argentine Foreign Affairs minister Rafael Bielsa.
