MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for July 2006
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Thursday, July 13th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Chavez predicts the “end of the US empire”
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said that he will increase support for Cuba and suggested United States prepare “its own transition plan because this century the American empire will come to an end”.
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Thursday, July 13th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Court rules pup mills construction can continue
The International Court of Justice in The Hague rejected Thursday Argentina's request to suspend the construction of two pulp mills in Uruguay on the ground that they pose a pollution threat.
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Wednesday, July 12th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Chile furious with Argentina's “discriminatory” fuel prices
Argentina's decision to increase fuel prices in frontier areas to vehicles with foreign plates was described Tuesday by Chilean president Michelle Bachelet as “inconceivable” and contrary to the integration path the region pretends.
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Wednesday, July 12th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
World Population Day: UN calls for narrowing rich/poor gap
From its Headquarters in New York to hotspot frontlines like Afghanistan, the United Nations marked on Tuesday World Population Day with the focus on the more than 3 billion young who represent nearly half of Earth's people and calls to answer their demand to narrow the gap between rich and poor.
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Wednesday, July 12th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Bush optimistic about cutting the budget deficit
The United States federal budget deficit is forecasted to drop below 300 billion US dollars by next September 30, announced the White House attributing the improvement to President Bush administration's tax cutting policy.
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Wednesday, July 12th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
UN support for expedition probing Arctic climate
With the world's polar regions playing on a global scale the role of a canary in a coal mine ? providing early warnings on human-induced climate change, the thinning of the ozone layer and the impact of persistent chemical pollution ? the United Nations is supporting a two-year scientific mission to the Arctic that got underway Tuesday.
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Wednesday, July 12th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
UK Fair Trading Office scrutinizes salmon industry
The United Kingdom Office of Fair Trading has referred the anticipated acquisition by Norway's Pan Fish ASA of its competitors Marine Harvest NV and Fjord Seafood to the Competition Commission, CC.
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Wednesday, July 12th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
“Argentina cannot be trusted”, says South Atlantic Council
“It is unrealistic at this time to press for negotiations on Falkland Islands sovereignty”, furthermore Argentina has proved that “it cannot be trusted to respect agreements entered into” according to the Secretary of the South Atlantic Council, Alastair Forsyth.
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Wednesday, July 12th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Chile's Argentine gas bill soars 50 to 75%
Chile's natural gas bill will increase by 130 million US dollars from now until the end of 2006, following Argentina's decision to leave its domestic prices unchanged and “pass on” to Chile the new Bolivian gas price structure.
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Wednesday, July 12th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Deadly storm batters central and southern Chile
Ten people dead, nine disappeared and over 28.000 displaced is the primary Wednesday morning balance of the torrential rains which have been punishing central and south Chile since late Tuesday and are forecasted to continue.
