MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for July 2006
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Saturday, July 22nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Feuding behind Mercosur unity fest
President Kirchner left the Cordoba Mercosur summit early last night in what was rumoured as an intentional snub to his presidential colleagues, who included Cuba's Fidel Castro and Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez.
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Saturday, July 22nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Mercosur's juniors seek deals elsewhere
Paraguay and Uruguay, the smaller nations of the five-country trade bloc Mercosur, raised renewed interest yesterday in bilateral trade deals with non-member nations.
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Saturday, July 22nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Governor Pearce: “no likely solution to Falklands dispute”
“The beginning of wisdom for the Argentines is to recognise that they aren't going to get anywhere on the sovereignty issue”.
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Friday, July 21st 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Penguin News Update
Headlines:
Pilgrimage 2007: Planning begins for visit by 200 veterans; Employment talk; Second loligo season starts; Teachers ?unhappy' at FICS; Military say a flying farewell. -
Friday, July 21st 2006 - 21:00 UTC
South American leaders gather in Cordoba
Brazil and Argentina are already the number one and two economies in South America, followed by oil-rich Venezuela. Foreign ministers of Mercosur spent the day yesterday hashing out details of today's presidential summit.
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Friday, July 21st 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Can Chavez & Castro push Mercosur leftward?
Can Chavez & Castro push Mercosur leftward? President Hugo Chavez makes Venezuela's debut as a member of the Mercosur trade bloc at a two-day summit in Cordoba which drew a rare appearance abroad by Cuban leader Fidel Castro.
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Friday, July 21st 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil's Varig Sold in Auction to Former Cargo Unit
Varig, Latin America's oldest airline, averted liquidation as its former cargo unit agreed to invest more than $600 million to take over its operating assets and preserve many of the company's 9,500 jobs.
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Friday, July 21st 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Minister of Defense welcomes new submarine to Chile
Minister of Defense Vivianne Blanlot welcomed a new addition this week to Chile's submarine fleet at the port city of Cartagena in southern Spain.
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Friday, July 21st 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Petrobras- Venezuelan joint venture
Brazil's state-run oil company has signed a joint venture agreement that brings oil pumping operations under Venezuelan government control, officials said yesterday.
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Friday, July 21st 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Mercosur supports Venezuela for UN Security Council
Mercosur full members expressed on Friday support Venezuela for the United Nations Security Council non permanent seat for the coming 2007/08 period.
