MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for March 2006
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Monday, March 13th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Peru's next president could be a nationalist populist
Peruvian radical populist presidential candidate Ollanta Humala appears neck to neck with conservative candidate Lourdes Flores in the run up to April 9 presidential election, according to the latest public opinion poll.
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Monday, March 13th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Armored presidential airliner for Fidel Castro
Cuba is buying one of Russia's most up-to-date airliners, carefully crafted for President Fidel Castro's personal comfort. The purchase is part of an initial Cuban order for two brand new Ilyushin planes worth 110 million U S dollars which Russian officials say is a shot in the arm for their struggling airline industry.
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Sunday, March 12th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Morales talks coca with Condoleezza
Bolivia's new president, Evo Morales, discussed his country's fight against illegal drugs yesterday with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and then gave her a guitar decorated with coca leaves.
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Sunday, March 12th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Argentine wine industry receives more than US$1.5B
The wineries tucked beneath the distant Andean mountains nearly have it all: warm days and cool nights for growing the lushest of grapes, state of the art technology and vintners bent on lifting Argentina's wine production to rival the best.
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Sunday, March 12th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands Representative takes the helm of UKOTA
FALKLAND Islander Sukey Cameron MBE has been elected to serve as the Chairman of the United Kingdom Overseas Territories Association (UKOTA). She will serve for the next twelve months.
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Sunday, March 12th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Venezuela gallops left with new flag
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez held a huge military parade on Sunday to celebrate changes he made to the nation's flag, a reform foes rejected as a personal whim of the leftist leader.
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Sunday, March 12th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina rejects Uruguay's Foreign Affairs minister
An agreement between Argentina and Uruguay to overcome the controversy with the pulp mills being built in the Uruguayan coast of a shared river apparently includes the non participation of Uruguay's Foreign Affairs minister in future talks, revealed El Pais, Montevideo's main daily in its Sunday edition.
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Sunday, March 12th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands “harassment” by Argentina on Tories agenda
Labour ministers this week will come under pressure to explain how they intend to protect Falkland Island vessels from being “harassed” by Argentina, as an escalating conflict over fishing rights threatens to sour relations between the South Atlantic neighbours still further, reports The Scotsman in its Sunday edition.
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Saturday, March 11th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Chile to swear in its first woman president today
South America's most recent socialist President-elect, Chile's Michelle Bachelet, will be inaugurated today in what has been described as the latest sign of a cultural revolution in Chile.
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Saturday, March 11th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
HMS Endurance in Puerto Belgrano's dry dock
The Royal Navy's Ice Patrol Ship HMS Endurance is undergoing repairs in the dry dock of Argentine Navy's main base Puerto Belgrano where she arrived Friday afternoon.
