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Stories for March 2006

• Monday, March 6th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Released former Ecuadorian president vows return

  Former Ecuadorian president Lucio Gutierrez was released last week from prison in Quito where he had been held since last October on charges of endangering national security.

• Monday, March 6th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Arias confirmed as Costa Rica's elected president

  Nobel Peace Prize winner Oscar Arias was confirmed as Costa Rica's next president after his rival Otton Solis conceded defeat following a vote by vote manual recount of the closest and most contested election in the Central American country's history.

• Monday, March 6th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Bolivia's “re-founding” project firmly on track

  Bolivian Congress overwhelmingly passed a bill calling for a constitutional assembly and a regional autonomy referendum, two of President Evo Morales electoral promises on which the “new” Bolivia is to be “re-founded”.

• Monday, March 6th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Woman leads opinion polls in Peruvian election

  With just over a month for the Peruvian presidential election (April 9), the latest public opinion poll shows former Congress member Conservative Lourdes Flores leading with 25% vote intention followed by ultra nationalist Ollanta Humala five points behind.

• Monday, March 6th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  FIG Completes Audit of Fuel Supply Agreement

  The Falkland Islands government (FIG) and Stanley Services Ltd (SSL) have revealed the formula used for fixing fuel prices.

• Monday, March 6th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile: Catches declined slightly, but exports increased

  Fish catches in Chile have dropped by 7 per cent last year in comparison with those of 2004, and are down from 5,404,501 tonnes to 5,018,298 tonnes, reported the National Fisheries Association (SONAPESCA), while exports increased by 19.1 per cent, earning USD 1,356 million in revenues between January and December 2005, vis-à-vis 1,138 million obtained in 2004.

• Monday, March 6th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Desire Petroleum PLC EIA Update

  The Company reports that a four-man team has recently completed a successful
  visit to the Falkland Islands during which the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for drilling in Tranches C and D in the North Falkland Basin was
  presented, as required by Falkland Islands Law, at a well-attended public
  meeting in Stanley.

• Monday, March 6th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Lula da Silva on state visit to UK

  Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva begins Tuesday a two days state visit to Great Britain where he plans to strongly lobby for an end to rich countries agriculture subsidies and support for the development of alternatives energies such as ethanol and biodiesel.

• Monday, March 6th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Gibraltar/UK talks on constitutional reform

  United Kingdom and Gibraltar are scheduled to meet next week in Lancaster House for the final meeting on constitutional reform for the Rock.

• Monday, March 6th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Chavez threatens with unlimited re-election

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced he would promote constitutional changes allowing him to seek an unlimited number of terms in office.