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Stories for October 25th 2006

• Wednesday, October 25th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Kirchner's “obstinacy” as described by Financial Times

  Under the title of “Argentine obstinacy”, the Financial Times October 23 edition publishes a scathing editorial on President Nestor Kirchner who is “on his way towards throwing away a historic opportunity” to a long term transformation of the country's economic prospects.

• Wednesday, October 25th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Europeans represent 40% of Chile's tourism income

  Europeans make up 18% of tourists visiting Chile but represent 40% of tourism income according to a report from the Euro-Chile business foundation released this week.

• Wednesday, October 25th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Panama Canal expansion begins second half 2007

  Work on an ambitious project to enlarge the canal of Panama including three new locks will begin next year making Panama the Americas' most important logistics hub, announced Tuesday the water way's General Manager Alberto Aleman Zubieta.

• Wednesday, October 25th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Fruit controversy: “Terminator” denies, Chile apologizes

  Chile's Ministry of Agriculture and Pro-Chile denied Tuesday that California's governor Arnold Schwarzenegger had called on consumers to abstain from buying Chilean produce and described reports in several Chilean media as “inadequate”.

• Wednesday, October 25th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Second pulp mill in Uruguay delayed until 2008

  Spain's forestry and pulp company ENCE announced Tuesday in Madrid that is was delaying construction of a pulp mill in Uruguay until 2008.

• Wednesday, October 25th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Petrobras closer to its two million barrels pd target

  Brazil's oil company Petrobras reached the record production of 1,912,733 barrels of oil in Brazil on Monday October 23rd. The record improved 30.000 barrels on its previous record of 1,882,000 barrels achieved last May.

• Wednesday, October 25th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Chilean Navy establishes closer links with France

  Chile's Navy second Scorpene class submarine “SS Carrera” left Spain Tuesday after completing several months' navigation and equipment trials.

• Wednesday, October 25th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Bolivia, Venezuela's candidate for the Security Council

  Bolivia will replace Venezuela as the candidate for the non permanent seat of the United Nations Security Council, announced late Tuesday Bolivian president Evo Morales.

• Wednesday, October 25th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Three marines return to Falklands to keep a pint promise

  Next November 2, three Falklands veterans are returning to the Islands to keep a promise they made 25 years ago at the start of the conflict: “yomp” 75 miles to claim a pint of beer in Port Stanley.

• Wednesday, October 25th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Gibraltar's Constitution referendum November 30

  A referendum to decide whether Gibraltar accepts or rejects the new Constitution is to be held on November 30.