MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for July 2006
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Thursday, July 6th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Childhood obesity controversy in Chile
Chile is among the top five nations leading the world in childhood obesity, according to new statistics released by Junaeb, a Chilean organization focused on children and education.
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Thursday, July 6th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Inflation fears, but Euro area key rates unchanged
The European Union Central Bank Governing Council left key interest rates unchanged at 2.75% following Thursday's meeting reported the institution's president Jean Claude Trichet.
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Thursday, July 6th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Lopez Obrador challenges Calderon victory demands recount
Mexican presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador rejected Thursday the official vote tally as “flawed” and called his supporters to fill Mexico City's central square to press his demand for a ballot-by-ballot recount.
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Thursday, July 6th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Mercosur rejects “joint” Army suggestion as too premature
Former Argentine vice-president Carlos “Chacho” Alvarez said Thursday that Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez proposition of a joint Mercosur Army should be addressed when the “integration process is well advanced”.
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Wednesday, July 5th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina and Venezuela agree “strategic alliance”
Argentina and Venezuela announced in Caracas a “strategic alliance” to beef up the “Caracas-Buenos Aires axis”.
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Wednesday, July 5th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil's Bolivian gas bill could double
Bolivia will be asking Brazil to pay eight US dollars for the natural gas it pumps at a rate of 27 million cubic metres per day, according to a report Tuesday from the Bolivian Information Agency.
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Wednesday, July 5th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
World airlines traffic, set for robust growth through
World airline scheduled passenger traffic is expected to show robust growth over the next three years following a strong rebound in 2004 and continued resilience in 2005, according to the latest medium-term forecasts from the United Nations aviation agency.
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Wednesday, July 5th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Venezuela joins Mercosur
Venezuela was yesterday poised to become the fifth member of Mercosur, an addition that could accelerate the South American trade bloc's steady drift away from free trade principles.
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Tuesday, July 4th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Haiti formally accepted back to regional group
The leaders of the 15 nation Caribbean Community began their annual summit in St Kitts, Monday welcoming Haiti back into the regional fold.
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Tuesday, July 4th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Deal to keep landing fees in Gibraltar unchanged
The two airlines serving Gibraltar are close to finalising an agreement with the Ministry of Defence that could rule out the need for a further rise to landing fees at Gibraltar airport, reports the Gibraltar Chronicle.
