MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for July 2006
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Friday, July 14th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
89% of Chileans feel they will be crime victims
A National Urban Survey on Citizen Safety in Chile released this week in Santiago found that more than half the population fears going out at night because of crime.
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Friday, July 14th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Slow season for minke whales, admits Norway
Norway's whaling fleet will catch only half of its quota this season. The government set a quota of 1052 minke whales, (up from 797) but so far only 444 have been landed, reports BBC.
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Friday, July 14th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
New limits on contaminants in fish, squid and mollusks
Measures to keep cancer-causing and other toxic contaminants, such as lead and cadmium, out of the human food chain have advanced a step further with the adoption of new limits by a United Nations commission that is the world's highest body on food standards.
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Thursday, July 13th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil discovers light crude in Santos basin
Petrobras and partners British Gas and Petrogal from Portugal have found light crude in the ultra-deepwater BM-S-11 block in the Santos basin, announced this week the Brazilian Energy company.
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Thursday, July 13th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Lopez Obrador working for massive rally on Sunday
From different districts in Mexico peaceful marchers begun converging on Mexico City in support of presidential hopeful Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and to protest what they say was a “vote fraud” in Sunday July 2 presidential election which has as undeclared winner by half a percentage point ,Conservative candidate Felipe Calderón.
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Thursday, July 13th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Mercosur to discuss regional integration challenges
A Mercosur seminar on “Challenges to regional integration” will take place Thursday in Montevideo with the participation of representatives from the now five full members, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela, plus associate member Chile.
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Thursday, July 13th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Pilots end strike and Iberia takes off again
Pilots from Spanish flag air carrier Iberia agreed to end a three days strike which forced the company to cancel over 200 flights daily, announced Wednesday the Spanish government.
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Thursday, July 13th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Lula da Silva: “US and Venezuela need each other”
Brazilian president Lula da Silva welcomed last week's entry of Venezuela into Mercosur and said regional integration is the main axis of his administration's foreign policy.
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Thursday, July 13th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Gangs resume attacks on Sao Paulo police
Gang violence that is “terrorizing” Brazil's biggest and richest state may require emergency measures from the federal government, but local authorities must request help, signalled President Lula da Silva.
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Thursday, July 13th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
The 500 billion US dollars sport's business
The economic and commercial success of the recent World Cup in Germany gives an idea of the money generated by the world's “seventeenth economy” with an annual turn over of 500 billion US dollars.
