MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for August 2006
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Monday, August 28th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Mega biosphere reserve in Patagonia
Argentina and Chile agreed the creation in Patagonia of the first binational biosphere reserve in Latinamerica --pending UNESCO certification--, with a total area of 4.7 million hectares.
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Monday, August 28th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Peru/Colombia confirm closer links
Peru and Colombia Foreign Affairs ministers reiterated in Lima their commitment to increase trade ties with Central America and helping Colombia become a full member of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum, APEC.
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Monday, August 28th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Mexico's electoral court ruling confirms Calderón
Mexico's Federal Electoral Tribunal, Trife, rejected Monday claims that July 2 presidential election was riddled with fraud, virtually confirming Conservative Felipe Calderón from the ruling party as the country's next president.
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Monday, August 28th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Jimmy Carter calls Blair “subservient” to the White House
Former US President Jimmy Carter accused Tony Blair on Sunday of being “subservient” to the White House, saying the British prime minister failed to constrain the George Bush administration on Iraq.
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Sunday, August 27th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Tropical Storm Ernesto gains strength.
Ernesto's top winds reach 75 mph, making it the 2006 season's first hurricane, according to the National Hurricane Center,while Debby has been downgraded to a tropical storm depression in the mid-Atlantic.
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Sunday, August 27th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Maya civilization collapsed upon learning kings weren't gods
The decline of the Maya civilization began some 1,100 year ago when millions of Indians working on the contruction of tall pyramidal temples and palaces learned that their kings weren't gods, Spanish anthropologist Andres Ciudad told EFE.
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Sunday, August 27th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Crime & violence on the rise
Crime in Argentina ? which once boasted one of the highest security standards in Latin America ? rose 53 percent over the decade up to 2005 and by 121 percent from 1985. And one of the main features of that increase is a higher degree of violence, an expert said yesterday.
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Sunday, August 27th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Blair to face the music
Prime Minister Tony Blair got back to work yesterday after a Caribbean vacation to face a potentially rocky autumn and a desk piled high with problems.
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Sunday, August 27th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Venezuela's U.N. bid thriving
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said his country is gaining broad support in its bid for a U.N. Security Council seat, even as the United States tries to persuade governments to vote against Venezuela.
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Sunday, August 27th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
New focus for overseas visits by Falkland Islands Councillors
Falkland Islands Government spokesperson and Member of its Executive Council, Mike Summers, told local media last Friday that an internal review had taken place of the process by which he and his colleagues were chosen to represent the Falkland Islands Government at important overseas meetings.
