MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for 2005
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Thursday, October 6th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
September consumer prices in Argentina soar 1,2%
The Consumer Prices Index soared 1,2% during September in Argentina accumulating 8,9% in nine months according to the latest release from the Argentine Statistics and Census Institute.
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Thursday, October 6th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Mar del Plata fishermen return to sea
The 71 days fishing industry conflict that paralyzed the Argentine fresh-high seas Mar del Plata based fleet is over after a much debated 180 days truce was agreed following intense negotiations and mediation from provincial legislators.
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Thursday, October 6th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Mercosur energy grid project 90% ready
Mercosur's energy grid documents are 90% ready and could be signed by the six country's presidents involved next December revealed in Montevideo Chilean Economy and Energy minister Jorge Rodriguez Grossi.
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Thursday, October 6th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
“Reasonable year” for Loligo squid catch
The 2005 Loligo squid catch with 58.700 tons was described as a “reasonable year” by Falkland Islands Fisheries Department Director John Barton.
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Wednesday, October 5th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Peruvian Justice after three Chilean businessmen
The Peruvian Justice issued last week an international warrant for three Chilean businessmen indicted in absentia in Peru for alleged influence trafficking, revealed the Chilean office of Interpol.
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Wednesday, October 5th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Political asylum in Colombia for former president
The Colombian government granted on Tuesday political asylum to former Ecuadorian President Lucio Gutierrez, easing fears he might have to return to Ecuador and face prosecution.
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Wednesday, October 5th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Shinning Path collaborator sentenced 20 years
The ballet dancer who hid Peru's notorious guerrilla leader Abimael Guzman above her dance studio in Lima was sentenced to 20 years in prison for terrorism.
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Wednesday, October 5th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Cuban officials boycott German unification reception
Cuban officials boycotted a cocktail party at the German Embassy in Havana to protest a parallel reception where regime opponents were invited.
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Wednesday, October 5th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
US blasts “corrupt pact” in Nicaragua
United States Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick said that the “corrupt pact” between former Nicaraguan Presidents Arnoldo Aleman and Daniel Ortega is a relic of the past which is threatening Nicaragua's future.
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Wednesday, October 5th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Jump in Chile's consumer prices index
Chile's Consumer Prices Index jumped 1% in September, the highest since March 2003 according to the latest release from the National Statistics Institute.
