MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for 2005
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Saturday, June 25th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Chilean general confirms British aid during 1982 war
Retired Chilean Air Force general Fernando Matthei and former member of the military Junta under General Augusto Pinochet confirmed that Chile collaborated with the United Kingdom during the Falklands conflict fearing they might be Argentina's second objective.
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Friday, June 24th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Brazilian political crisis refuses to abate
Dilma Rousseff Brazilian president Lula da Silva's cabinet chief claimed that several political groups and activists are interested in eroding the president's image and advancing the presidential elections scheduled for October 2006.
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Friday, June 24th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Oil hits 60 US dollars pb and still going strong
Texas intermediate light crude reached Thursday an all time record of 60 US dollars per barrel, closing at 59.42 US dollars, which represents a 42% increase since the beginning of 2005.
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Friday, June 24th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Eleven charred in longliner “Seimez” tragedy
Uruguayan officials confirmed Thursday they had found the charred remains of eleven crewmembers from a Ukrainian longliner that caught fire in the port of Montevideo.
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Friday, June 24th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Penguin News Update
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Thursday, June 23rd 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Another blow for Brazilian president Lula da Silva
A Brazilian court suspended the civil rights of Sao Paulo's former mayor Marta Suplicy, for a three-year period because of improper management of public funds while she was in office, reported the Brazilian press Wednesday.
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Thursday, June 23rd 2005 - 21:00 UTC
MBE for Captain Chris Elliott
The British Antarctic Survey has reported that a man well known to the Falklands was awarded an MBE in this year's Queen's Birthday Honours list.
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Thursday, June 23rd 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Upgrade funds for Islanders who house tourists
Falkland Islanders who house tourists will be offered the chance of a grant to help them upgrade their property, reports the Falklands Broadcasting station.
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Thursday, June 23rd 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Truck industry complains Andes crossing “bottleneck”
As an estimated 8,000 trucks which had been bogged by snow for over a week on both sides of the Argentine/Chilean border Andes crossing, Paso Internacional de los Libertadores, began moving, the Chilean transport industry is bitterly complaining about the country's economy “bottle neck”.
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Thursday, June 23rd 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Chilean Congress to investigate Lagos relatives and friends
Chilean president Ricardo Lagos praised the creation of a Congressional committee to investigate alleged irregularities in government contracts awards involving a consulting company belonging to his brother in law and one of his closest friends.
