MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for May 2006
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Monday, May 8th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Contamination in Chile's capital city of Santiago grows worse
Greater Restrictions On Car Traffic Foreseen, As Santiago's Polluted Air Becomes Increasingly Unbearable
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Monday, May 8th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Kyoto protocol will extend to Falklands
THE Falkland Islands is going to join the UK in ratifying the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol.
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Monday, May 8th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Copper boom prompts Chile into saving mode
Few countries are benefiting quite as much from the bonanza in raw material prices as Chile, Latin America's fourth largest economy.
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Monday, May 8th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Bolivia studying hiking natural gas price by 65% plus
Bolivia is aiming to raise prices on its natural gas exports to Argentina by up to 65 percent, its planning minister said in an interview with a leading Argentine newspaper on Sunday.
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Monday, May 8th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil considering new sources of natural gas
Brazil is considering buying natural gas from other countries including Nigeria after its main supplier, Bolivia, demanded higher prices.
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Sunday, May 7th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
“Iluminados por el Fuego” (Blessed by Fire) won the best narrative film at Tribeca Festival
A documentary about the Iraq war and a film about the lasting impact on soldiers' lives of a conflict more than 20 years ago won the top awards at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York on Saturday.
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Saturday, May 6th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Bush praises Mexican contribution to US society
United States president George W. Bush said again that the problem of illegal immigration can only be solved through a combination of tighter border security and a guest-worker program, but also stressed that immigrants have a duty to integrate into American society.
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Saturday, May 6th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Venezuela makes official “junior” partners for oil industry
Venezuela's only chamber legislature which has no opposition representatives approved the new contract model contract for “mixed enterprises” in which state-owned oil company PDVSA becomes the dominant partner.
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Saturday, May 6th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Garcia leading in Peruvian presidential runoff
Ultra nationalist and former Army officer Ollanta Humala is trailing ex president Alan García in the latest public opinion polls for Peru's presidential run off next June 4.
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Friday, May 5th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Agreement to negotiate fair price for Bolivian gas
The leaders of Argentina and Brazil have accepted Bolivia's oil and gas industry nationalization industry and have agreed to “fair and democratic” talks on future prices and foreign involvement.
