MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for 2005
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Saturday, April 2nd 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Chilean candidate closer to OAS Secretary General post
Caribbean community countries, Caricom, officially informed Friday of their full support to the Chilean candidate for the post of Secretary General of the Organization of American States, OAS.
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Saturday, April 2nd 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Duhalde defends Venezuela and criticizes US.
Former Argentine president Eduardo Duhalde defended Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez and criticized the United States government for insistently pushing for hemispheric support in curtailing Venezuela.
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Saturday, April 2nd 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina requests continued US “political support”
Argentina officially requested United States continued support for the beleaguered country's debt restructuring process and negotiations with key multilateral organizations such as G-7, IMF and World Bank.
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Saturday, April 2nd 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Malvinas issue: Infinite patience policy.
Argentine Foreign Affairs Minister Rafael Bielsa criticized United Kingdom's recurrent “unilateral” decisions regarding the “Malvinas issue” and called for a dialogue with “practical and innovative” steps contributing to the resumption of negotiations for a fair, peaceful and lasting solution to the South Atlantic dispute.
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Saturday, April 2nd 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Kirchner: recovering Malvinas is “unrenounceable”
Argentine president Nestor Kirchner emphasized Saturday that the recovery of the Islas Malvinas (Falklands) by means of dialogue, peace and firmness, is an “unrenounceable” claim for the Argentine people.
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Friday, April 1st 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil committed to contain inflationary expectations.
Brazil Central Bank president Henrique Meirelles said that the bank had been successful in containing inflationary expectations adding that the prices index increase since the beginning of the year “had not damaged long term prospects”.
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Friday, April 1st 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Wolfowitz confirmed World Bank president
With crucial support from the European Union, former Pentagon Deputy Paul Wolfowitz, described as a “hawk” was confirmed Thursday as the next president of the World Bank.
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Friday, April 1st 2005 - 21:00 UTC
US insistent in condemning Cuba for human rights abuses
United States announced Thursday that it will present a resolution before the United Nations Human Rights Commission condemning Cuba since Fidel Castro's regime has made no progress in the issue of respecting basic freedoms.
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Friday, April 1st 2005 - 21:00 UTC
US calls on help to contain Venezuela's “destabilizing role”
The United States government asked Venezuela's neighbouring countries to take into account the “destabilizing role” the Caracas government is playing in the region.
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Friday, April 1st 2005 - 21:00 UTC
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