MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for September 2006
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Wednesday, September 13th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Conservation grants up for grabs
The grants of up to £1,000 can be used to assist projects that benefit conservation in the Falklands, through education, such as site leaflets, or through works, such as fencing or tussac planting that help site protection or restoration.
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Wednesday, September 13th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Bachelet and Kirchner meet in Mendoza
President Michele Bachelet met with Argentine President Néstor Kirchner on Tuesday in Mendoza to finalize matters related to a proposed new trans-Andean train.
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Wednesday, September 13th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil, India, South Africa agree strategic South to South bond
Leaders from three of the world's most dynamic emerging economies, Brazil, India and South Africa met in Brasilia to bolster cooperation and demand a greater voice in world trade and finance affairs.
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Wednesday, September 13th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Last year, 2.1 million foreign tourists visited Chile
Chile attracted 2.1 million foreign tourists in 2005, of which 900.000 were one day visitors from neighbouring countries such as Argentina, Peru and Bolivia which came mainly for shopping, reports the country's Tourism Office, Senatur.
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Wednesday, September 13th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Uruguay at center of US/Venezuela power play
Long taken for granted by its much larger neighbours, Uruguay suddenly finds itself one of the main fronts in the struggle between the United States and Venezuela for dominance in South America.
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Tuesday, September 12th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
IMF warns China on investment “boom-bust” cycle
China's efforts to rein in its economic growth are failing to take effect as firmly as required, raising the risk that its investment boom could turn into a damaging bust, the International Monetary Fund warned Beijing Monday.
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Tuesday, September 12th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
More corruption allegations in Lula's inner circle
A Brazilian Federal Police report strongly recommends a former minister and close advisor of President Lula da Silva be indicted for taking undue advantage of his position to discredit a witness who accused him of links to corruption.
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Tuesday, September 12th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Protests mark Chile's September 11 commemoration
Chile's commemoration of the September 11 military coup thirty three years ago was marked with rioting, damage to private property, a fire bomb against Government House and at least 79 arrests, according to the latest report from Santiago's police.
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Tuesday, September 12th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
OPEC's production unchanged but alert to falling oil prices
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, meeting in Vienna said Monday it will keep pumping crude at current levels, while also making clear it would consider scaling back production if oil prices keep plummeting.
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Tuesday, September 12th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Uruguayan judge indicts 8 for “disappearances” under Junta
A judge ordered that eight retired soldiers and police officers accused of kidnapping and criminal conspiracy in connection with “disappearances” during Uruguay's 1973-1985 military regime be bound over for trial.
