MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for 2005
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Friday, July 1st 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Bolivia can't agree on Congressional election
A political agreement to call early Congressional elections next December in Bolivia was frustrated in the Lower House because of the iron opposition from groups that are demanding a previous election of delegates for an assembly to review the constitution.
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Friday, July 1st 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina and Italy committed to mend relations
Argentina and Italy agreed Thursday they want to mend a shattered bilateral relationship.
Argentine Foreign Minister Rafael Bielsa and his Italian counterpart Gianfranco Fini met in Rome. -
Friday, July 1st 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Paraguayan Lower House rejects privatization
Paraguay's lower house unanimously rejected a bill passed by the Senate to refloat a program of privatizing state-owned enterprises that was halted three years ago in the face of protests as rekindled this week in the streets of the capital Asuncion
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Thursday, June 30th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Chile's unemployment drops to 8,3%
Chile's national unemployment rate dropped to 8,3% in the March-May quarter, the lowest since the same period in 1998, according to the latest release from the National Statistics Institute.
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Thursday, June 30th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
UN forecasts 3,25% world economy expansion for 2005
The world economy is forecasted to expand 3,25% this year compared to 4,1% in 2004 which in itself is “benign”, although it entails certain risks said Jose Antonio Ocampo Deputy Director of the United Nations Economic and Social Affairs Department on presenting a report on the world economy.
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Thursday, June 30th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
“US recession much closer than imagined”
The chances of a United States recession or even a decline are closer than imagined warned Bill Gross, an influential financial guru who manages the largest mutual fund in the world with assets of 450 billion US dollars.
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Thursday, June 30th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Chile considering an atomic energy plant
Chile which is considering resorting to nuclear energy, signed Wednesday with Russia an agreement for the peaceful use of atomic energy in the framework of a bilateral cooperation program.
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Thursday, June 30th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Uruguay/Spain rift over immigration
Uruguayan minister of Foreign Affairs Reynaldo Gargano called on his countrymen to treat Spanish residents and visitors “politely” following a controversy with Madrid over the expulsion of Uruguayan immigrants.
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Thursday, June 30th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
FOGL Granted Extension to Exploration Licences
FOGL announces that it has been granted a two year extension to its approximately 33,000 sq km licence held in joint venture with Hardman Resources, which owns 22.5% of the licence.
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Wednesday, June 29th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Book Review: Official History of Falklands Conflict
The first comprehensive history of the 1982 Falklands War, published in Britain, reveals that Britain had previously contemplated selling Argentina powerful weapons such as an aircraft carrier and a Vulcan bomber, confirms the valuable help given Britain by the United States and Chile, examines controversial military actions such as the sinking of the Argentine cruiser Belgrano and HMS Sheffield, and the Battle for Goose Green, discusses the tensions over media reporting, and exposes how the British Government deceived the Falkland Islanders over secret talks with Argentina for transfer of titular sovereignty in return for a long lease-back period of continuing British rule.
