Stories for April 2006 , page 14

Thursday, April 13th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

Humala demands referendum on US/Peru free trade agreement

United States and Peru signed Wednesday a bilateral free trade treaty - two years in the making - at the headquarters of the Organization of American States in Washington.

Thursday, April 13th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

Record cruise visitors in Valparaiso and Puerto Montt

Chilean port cities of Valparaiso and Puerto Montt registered unprecedented numbers of visitors during the summer months, with more 80,000 tourists arriving in each city.

Thursday, April 13th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

Creative Marketing reaches out to Falklands

Creative Marketing Services, CMS, from Yorkshire, England has among its list of clients the Falkland Islands company Stanley Services.

Thursday, April 13th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

Ex Falklands Councillors deny acceptance of 1974 Condominium Proposal

Former Falklands' Councillors challenged statements from a senior Argentine diplomat regarding a joint Argentine British condominium over the Islands, allegedly proposed by the British Government in 1974.

Thursday, April 13th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

Penguin News Update.

Headlines:
Young cricket squad takes on Chile; John Cheek comes home; Inquest opened; Clocks go back this weekend.

Wednesday, April 12th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

Spain confirms huge arms deal with Venezuela

Venezuela will buy ten military transport planes and eight patrol boats from Spain despite the United States' attempts to block the deal, a top Venezuelan navy official said.

Wednesday, April 12th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

Latinamerica diminishing share of world GDP

Debt, inflation and Asia's strong economic growth forced Latinamerica's share of the world's GDP to drop 1.8 points in the last quarter of a century, according to international consultants based on IMF/World Bank reports.

Wednesday, April 12th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

Support for Lula's reelection bid remains strong

Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva popularity remains intact although support for his re-election has lost almost five points from February to April, according to the latest public opinion poll from the Sao Paulo Sensus Institute.

Wednesday, April 12th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

Drugs seized on plane from Venezuela

Authorities discovered 5,500 kilograms (12,100 pounds) of cocaine on board a plane that arrived at a Gulf coast airport from Caracas, the Mexican attorney general's office said Tuesday.

Wednesday, April 12th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

London: Operators to reveal new-look Dome

The new operators of the ill-fated Millennium Dome will show how the inside of the giant Greenwich structure is taking new shape ahead of its re-opening next year.