MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for April 2006
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Friday, April 21st 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Queen's Birthday Parade goes off without a bang
As befits a British territory, the birthday of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth, is celebrated each year in the Falkland Islands with a public holiday and a parade.
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Friday, April 21st 2006 - 21:00 UTC
US and Venezuela reach civil aviation agreement
United States authorities on Friday raised Venezuela's civil aviation security classification to Category 1, a Federal Aviation Administration official announced.
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Thursday, April 20th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Uruguayan economy robust but needs more “fiscal discipline”
The International Monetary Fund called on Uruguay for more “fiscal discipline” and reforms to the pensions and finance systems in the latest edition of its World Economic Outlook.
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Thursday, April 20th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil celebrates Friday oil self sufficiency
Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will announce Friday that the country has become self sufficient in oil with a daily production of 1.9 million barrels per day.
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Thursday, April 20th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
IMF forecasts 4.3% Latinamerican growth in 2006
Latin America will continue on its growth track and the regional economy should expand 4.3% in 2006 according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Economic Outlook released Wednesday.
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Thursday, April 20th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Panama Canal expansion to create 240,000 jobs
The planned expansion of the Panama Canal, to be financed by users, is expected to create some 240,000 jobs, said the water-way deputy manager Manuel Benitez.
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Thursday, April 20th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Kirchner calls for 90 days truce in pulp mills dispute
Argentine president Nestor Kirchner once again called on the European companies, Finnish Botnia and Spanish Ence, building pulp mills in Uruguay to temporarily suspend construction.
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Thursday, April 20th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Penguin News Update.
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Happy Birthday Your Majesty; Councillor unfazed by ?anti-Falklands' Argentine fishing bill; No bill for rower; Iceland opportunity; Public Family Bill discussions. -
Thursday, April 20th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Cuba celebrates 45th anniversary of Bay of Pigs victory
Forty-five years after the Cuban communist regime successfully defeated a Untied States supported invasion in the Bay of Pigs, Fidel Castro accused Washington of continued harassment and pledged he would never “beg” the US for peace.
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Wednesday, April 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Proposal to hike fines on Falklands licenced vessels
Tierra del Fuego Senator Mario Daniele presented a bill proposing stronger sanctions on those foreign flagged fishing vessels caught in Argentina's EEZ operating with “illegitimate” licences extended by the Falkland Islands government.
