MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for 2005
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Friday, March 4th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Oil price hits new record: 55 US dollars.
Oil prices surged to new record levels Thursday, breaking the 55 US dollars per barrel barrier.
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Friday, March 4th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina celebrates 76% swap debt acceptance.
Creditors holding 76% of Argentina's defaulted debt accepted the government's swap offer, the biggest debt restructuring in modern times said Argentine Economy Minister Roberto Lavagna, Thursday in Buenos Aires.
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Friday, March 4th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Penguin News Update.
Headlines:
Commandos lead the way; Standard Wool's Punta plant destroyed by fire; Argentine president reiterates sovereignty claims;
News in brief:
Patrol cuts ?on hold'; ?Aggressive' jiggers; Champion Maurice ? again. -
Friday, March 4th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Britain's Prince Edwards strolls, juggles in Santiago.
Britain's Prince Edward, youngest child of Queen Elizabeth II, walked to his destination in downtown Santiago on Thursday and showed off his juggling prowess during a visit to a circus school.
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Thursday, March 3rd 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Argentine catches fourth jigger poaching.
A Chinese jigger was arrested early this week by the Argentine Coast Guard allegedly poaching in Argentine waters.
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Thursday, March 3rd 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Lula and Vázquez inaugurate malt plant.
Uruguayan president Tabare Vazquez in his second day of government inaugurated Wednesday, together with Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva a new malt plant in the city of Paysandu belonging to the Brazilian company Ambev.
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Thursday, March 3rd 2005 - 21:00 UTC
S. American countries agree energy and financial coordination.
Presidents of Argentina, Brazil and Venezuela agreed Wednesday in Uruguay to promote energy integration and coordinate their stance vis a vis international multilateral organizations such as the International Monetary Fund.
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Thursday, March 3rd 2005 - 21:00 UTC
UK moves to reshape the BBC.
Britain's BBC will be forced to scrap a 77-year tradition of self-regulation under a new government proposal prompted by criticism of its journalism in the run-up to the Iraq war.
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Thursday, March 3rd 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Clean bill of health to be required from cruise ships.
CRUISE ships visiting the Falkland Islands are to be asked to produce a certificate of health before putting passengers ashore, in a bid to protect the local population from infectious diseases.
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Wednesday, March 2nd 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Jubilant Celebrations in Uruguay.
More than half a million people went out to the streets in this capital Tuesday to greet the course of Tabare Vazquez minutes before he took office as the first Uruguayan Socialist President, in the history of this South American nation.
