MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for August 2006
-
Friday, August 4th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Fidel Castro 'recovering satisfactorily'
Cuba launched a campaign Friday emphasizing the revolutionary roots of Fidel Castro's brother and designated successor, attempting to reassure Cubans that the country remains stable after the leader's hospitalization.
-
Friday, August 4th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Smog leveles force Santiago to declare pre emergency
Santiago de Chile registered the year's highest level of smog Wednesday, leading authorities to declare a pre-emergency that lasted 24 hours. Air contamination dropped to a safe level Thursday due to a frontal system bringing higher humidity and better ventilation.
-
Friday, August 4th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Markets speculate with “pause” in Fed's interest hike
Currency markets are speculating that the US Federal Reserve would bring a pause to its cycle of interest rate hikes next week following the Friday release of July employment figures showing a considerable growth slow in jobs creation and earlier information of a cooling of the US economy.
-
Thursday, August 3rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Brazilian military to aid stray penguins
Brazil is staging a military operation involving a Hercules transport plane and Navy ships ? all to return four dozen wayward penguins to the icy waters of Antarctica, authorities said Wednesday.
-
Thursday, August 3rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Tropical storm sweeps through Caribbean
Tropical Storm Chris swept through the eastern Caribbean on Wednesday, forcing cruise ships to change course and tourists to evacuate small islands off the coast of Puerto Rico as it threatened to become the first hurricane of the Atlantic season.
-
Thursday, August 3rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Air passenger traffic record for Chile
Chile's airline industry set a historic record in June, welcoming more international traffic than any other year at this time, 287.966 passengers.
-
Thursday, August 3rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Tropical Storm Chris sends natural gas price rising
Natural gas prices soared on Wednesday, nearing a six- month high, on concern that Tropical Storm Chris would disrupt production in the Gulf of Mexico just as a heat wave in the eastern United States spurred record demand for electricity for air conditioning.
-
Thursday, August 3rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
”Do not vacation in Uruguay'
Environmentalists in Gualeguaychú could stage campaigns aimed at changing the minds of fellow Argentines who plan to spend their summer holidays in Uruguay, a leader of the community group said yesterday.
-
Thursday, August 3rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Falkland Islands status awards to be marked with ceremony
British and Commonwealth citizens, who have resided continuously for seven years in the Falkland Islands can apply to Executive Council, the Islands' Government's upper house, for ?Falkland Islands Status', which is the equivalent of citizenship in other countries.
-
Thursday, August 3rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands Councillors robust reply to Gallo
“The analysis of demographic statistics presented lacks any kind of intellectual rigour, and is illustrative of the sort of shallow thinking that derives from the wish to interpret facts for self-serving political ends.”
