Stories for October 30th 2006

Monday, October 30th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

Bolivia completes oil and gas nationalization

Bolivian President Evo Morales completed his ambitious oil and gas nationalization plan early Sunday with the last-minute signing of contracts allowing several international companies to continue operating in the country under state control.

Monday, October 30th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

Magallanes with lowest unemployment in Chile: 4.3%

Magallanes Region in the extreme south of Chile has retained the lowest unemployment mark with just 4.3% during the July-September quarter according to the latest report from the country's Statistics Office, INE.

Monday, October 30th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

Deafening NO in Misiones resounds in Buenos Aires

The northern Argentine province of Misiones extended Sunday a resounding NO to the aspirations of an “indefinite or perpetual” re-election sponsored by Governor Carlos Rovira a strong ally of President Nestor Kirchner.

Monday, October 30th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

Re-elected Lula dreams with continental Mercosur

Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva who was re-elected Sunday with a landslide 61% said he dreams with a Mercosur which represents “all Latinamerican countries”.

Monday, October 30th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

Falkland Islands observance of Remembrance Sunday

Next Sunday November 12th. Remembrance Sunday will be commemorated in the Falkland Islands with the following arrangements, according to a release from Gilbert House.

Monday, October 30th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

China announces cautious “floating” of the Yuan

China will press ahead with changes to its foreign exchange rate mechanism giving a greater role to demand and supply plus liberating interest rates, announced Monday China's central bank.