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Stories for February 2006

• Friday, February 24th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  BBC's “Calling the Falklands” comes to an end.

  The Falkland Islands Government, Falkland Islands Media Trust and BBC World Service have signed an agreement to strengthen the development of a strong, modern and independent media environment on the Islands was announced Friday.

• Friday, February 24th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News Update.

  Headlines:
  Falklands ship held in Argentina; Calling the Falklands to sign off for good; This week's cruise ships; LegCo in session today; Ferry service is off to a smooth start.

• Friday, February 24th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Venezuela Bars Two U.S. Airlines

  Venezuela has prohibited Continental Airlines and Delta Air Lines from flying into this South American nation and is restricting American Airlines, Francisco Plaz, the president of the National Aviation Institute, said.

• Friday, February 24th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Farewell to historic BBC Falklands programme: Dismay among UK supporters

  The news that the BBC World Service is axing its dedicated and historic “Calling the Falklands” programme has caused dismay and anger among some Falklands supporters in the United Kingdom who believe it is an ill-timed error of judgment by the BBC and the Foreign Office, who finance the programme.

• Friday, February 24th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Lame CAFTA becomes effective March 1

  The free trade agreement between United States, Central America and the Dominican Republic, CAFTA, becomes effective next March 1, with two months delay and involving only one of Latinamerican countries, El Salvador.

• Friday, February 24th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Uruguay ended 2005 with a 264 million trade deficit

  Uruguay experienced a trade deficit of 264 million US dollars in 2005 in spite of a significant surge in exports, according to the latest release from the Central Bank

• Friday, February 24th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Rio do Janeiro open the most famous Carnival

  The Rei Momo, or Carnival King, officially kicked off five days and nights of nonstop partying Friday with a special appeal for revelers to practice safe sex.

• Friday, February 24th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine president accused of withholding information

  Argentina's main association of journalistic organizations on Friday accused President Nestor Kirchner of imposing blatant restrictions on the flow of information regarding his administration.

• Thursday, February 23rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Arias Wins Costa Rican Presidential Vote

  Former president and Nobel laureate Oscar Arias won Costa Rica's Feb. 5 presidential election, a press group said Wednesday, citing figures from a manual recount of the ballots

• Thursday, February 23rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Brazil's Lula would win re-election

  Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's popularity has bounced back from a corruption scandal that threatened to derail his government, making him the favourite to win October's election, a poll showed on Tuesday.