MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for 2005
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Monday, August 22nd 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands editor visits Chronicle
The Shrewsbury Chronicle is hosting a week-long fact-finding visit from Falkland Islands newspaper editor Jenny Cockwell.
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Sunday, August 21st 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Met chief speaks on Menezes killing
Scotland Yard chief Sir Ian Blair did not know his officers had shot an innocent man until 24 hours after Jean Charles de Menezes was killed.
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Sunday, August 21st 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Menem supporting Cavallo's bid for Congress
Former Argentine Economy Minister Domingo Cavallo confirmed on Saturday that former President Carlos Menem will support his run for Congress, though he denied they were forging an electoral alliance with a view to the October elections.
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Sunday, August 21st 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Cuba and Panama restore full diplomatic relations
Cuba and Panama restored Saturday full diplomatic ties in a ceremony attended by presidents Fidel Castro and Martin Torrijos, and witnessed by Venezuela's Hugo Chavez.
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Saturday, August 20th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
US donates drug control aircrafts to Peru
Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo said Friday that United States had donated two aircrafts to help fight drug trafficking.
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Saturday, August 20th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Brazilian political crisis impacts financial markets
Brazil's orthodox Finance Minister Antonio Palocci was linked to the corruption scandal of the ruling Workers Party by a former aide who claims he received money from a sanitary company when he was mayor of Ribeirao Preto.
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Saturday, August 20th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Head of Lucsik group and Chile's richest man dies
Andronico Lucsik, Chile's richest businessman with an estimated fortune of 3,4 billion US dollars, (Forbes magazine), died this week in Santiago at the age of 78.
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Saturday, August 20th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Carnival launches world's largest cruise vessel
A jumbo cruise vessel launched in Finland Friday dethroned the “Queen Mary 2” as the largest liner afloat, its manufacturers said.
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Saturday, August 20th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Career diplomat to replace Noriega
United States president George Bush named Tom Shannon as the new of the Deputy Secretary of State for Hemispheric Affairs.
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Saturday, August 20th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Venezuela plans to increase oil production and refining
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez announced that the government owned oil company, PDVSA, will build three new refineries and said he was willing to discuss a new range of prices with the Oil Producing Export Countries, OPEC
