MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for 2005
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Saturday, October 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
US recorded highest inflation in 25 years
United States consumer prices ballooned last September to its highest in 25 years, 1,2%, as a direct consequence of fuel prices and the hurricanes Katrina and Rita, reported the US Labour Department.
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Saturday, October 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
EU demands access to G20 services markets
No agreement can be reached in agriculture in World Trade Organization talks if emerging countries, particularly from Latinamerica, don't open their markets to industrial goods and services, said Friday European Union Trade Commissionaire Peter Mandelson.
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Saturday, October 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Air supplies for drought stricken Amazon basin
The drought in the Amazon basin which has limited navigation in many tributaries leaving thousands of people short of food, water and medicine has began moving east reported Brazilian authorities.
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Saturday, October 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Lan resumes flights Punta Arenas-Ushuaia
Lan Chile advanced its season's flights between Punta Arenas and Ushuaia, --Argentine Tierra del Fuego? a month and a half because of the strong demand.
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Friday, October 14th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
WTO talks: more concessions are still needed
United States and European Union must make more concessions if a global trade liberalization treaty is to be reached said Pascal Lamy, head of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Zurich.
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Friday, October 14th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Ozone hole directly over Magallanes Region
Last week end and for two days Magallanes Region was directly under the ozone layer hole, according to Claudio Casiccia an expert on the subject from the University of Magallanes in Punta Arenas.
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Friday, October 14th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Strong Chilean peso hinders Patagonia tourism
The strong Chilean currency is causing complications to the Magallanes Region tourist industry which has been forced to increase prices in US dollars or simply mark them in Chilean pesos, “which most visitors don't understand”.
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Friday, October 14th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Ibero-American summit committed to less rhetoric
Latin America leaders are gathering in the Spanish city of Salamanca for Friday's Ibero-American summit which they have pledged to give greater impetus, beyond rhetoric and effectively turning the event into an accomplishment.
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Friday, October 14th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
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Thursday, October 13th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Lula's candidate elected Workers Party president
Brazil's scandal-plagued ruling Workers Party, WP, finally elected a former Cabinet minister and close ally of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as its new chairman.
