MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for March 2006
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Friday, March 17th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Uruguay reviewing links with Mercosur
Given the mounting difficulties with Mercosur Uruguay is quietly considering different options for different scenarios including the possibility of abandoning the South American customs union, revealed the Uruguayan press in Montevideo.
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Friday, March 17th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Penguin News Update.
Headlines:
Games team: giving it their best shot; Illex squid catch of ?over 100 tonnes' this week; Fine follows fatal road accident; Norwegian Crown on her own. -
Friday, March 17th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Kirchner calls a beef boycott to force prices down
Argentina President Nestor Kirchner administration launched Friday a public relations offensive against the beef industry urging consumers to switch to other foods if prices remain high.
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Thursday, March 16th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
UN creates new Human Rights Council
Culminating months of intensive negotiations, the United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Wednesday on a resolution setting up a new Human Rights Council to replace the much-criticized Human Rights Commission ? prompting Secretary-General Kofi Annan to hail this as an “historic” development which will help improve the lives of millions of people worldwide.
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Thursday, March 16th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
March 24, “a day of memory, justice and truth”
The official Argentine calendar has incorporated March 24 as a “National Day of memory, truth and justice”, in coincidence with the 30th anniversary of the military coup that inaugurated one of the bloodiest dictatorships the country has known in many decades.
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Thursday, March 16th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Three Peruvian presidential hopefuls technically tied
With just over three weeks countdown to April 9 presidential election the Peruvian electorate is baffling candidates and public opinion pollsters. The latest poll this week in Lima shows three leading candidates technically tied.
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Thursday, March 16th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Protestors block weakened Ecuador government
Ecuadorian Indians on Thursday promised to continue protests that have blocked the country's main north-south highway until the government stops negotiating a free trade agreement with the United States.
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Thursday, March 16th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Pulp mills conflict: “no back stepping” says Uruguay
Uruguayan president Tabare Vazquez said that Uruguay is always willing to discuss a solution to the pulp mills dispute with Argentina, but vowed that his administration would not stop the construction of the plants in spite of the “illegal” pickets.
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Thursday, March 16th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Gibraltar/UK constitutional talks are “going well”
Gibraltar and United Kingdom delegations at the constitutional talks in London which began Wednesday agreed that they had made good progress on various issues discussed during the first day's session.
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Wednesday, March 15th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Queen to open Commonwealth Games
The 2006 Commonwealth Games are to be officially opened today by the Queen at a spectacular ceremony in Melbourne.
