MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for February 2006
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Monday, February 27th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Protests in Argentina, Chile over mines near the border
Two mining projects near the mutual border between Argentina and Chile have sparked protests, with demonstrators claiming that they would cause “serious” pollution.
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Monday, February 27th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina begins early cuts of gas supply to Chile
Chile's head of the Energy Committee warned that the industrial sector must be prepared to pay higher prices for fuel given the new set of cuts in natural gas supply from Argentina.
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Monday, February 27th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Colombia and US reach free trade treaty
Colombia's Trade minister confirmed Monday in Washington that his country had concluded talks for a free trade agreement with United States after nearly two years of negotiations.
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Monday, February 27th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
UN: Increased fishing rights to promote conservation
With pressure growing on worldwide fish stocks, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization recommended that governments assign more fishing rights as a means of promoting conservation.
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Monday, February 27th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Birds and Mammals of the Falkland Islands
A brand new comprehensive photographic guide to Falkland Islands' wildlife has just been published.
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Sunday, February 26th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Eight vessels permitted to target Patagonian toothfish this year
Argentina Federal Fishery Council (CFP) decided to preventively set a total allowable catch (TAC) of 2,500 tonnes for Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) this year.
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Sunday, February 26th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Bolivia orders arrest of Repsol's local chief executive
Spain's Foreign Ministry has approached Bolivian authorities to express concern about the search and arrest warrant issued against the chief executive of energy giant Repsol YPF in that country.
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Sunday, February 26th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Raising stakes to stop climate change
Lawmakers and business leaders from around the world launched a campaign last Friday in London to push recalcitrant governments to take action on climate change.
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Sunday, February 26th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Giant “squid” in Chile scares vacationers
The emergence of a 1.7 meters long cuttlefish in a Puerto Montt beach, south of Chile caused panic Sunday among vacationers, reports the Chilean press
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Sunday, February 26th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands' Battle surviving cruiser bell recovered
Chilean and German divers recovered the bell from the German cruiser “Dresden” scuttled during the First World War off the Chilean island of Juan Fernandez, reported Peter Neven, the German Embassy Cultural Attaché in Santiago.
