MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for October 2006
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Tuesday, October 31st 2006 - 21:00 UTC
No end in sight for Guatemala/Venezuela UN stalemate
Guatemala and Venezuela's Foreign Affairs ministers are scheduled to meet Wednesday following another day of inconclusive voting on Tuesday which failed to choose who will be occupying the non permanent seat of the United Nations Security Council.
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Tuesday, October 31st 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Forum on modern Falklands in London next April
The Falkland Islands government will be displaying an intense public relations campaign in the United Kingdom next April in anticipation of the 25th anniversary of the South Atlantic conflict.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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”.
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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.
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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.
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Sunday, October 29th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Chile experiencing resurgence of national pride
The old stereotype of Chile as a timid, conformist and morose nation will have to be revised, according to the latest Bicentennial Survey published by UC-Adimark. For the survey, 2,042 people over 18 were asked questions about topics such as national pride, emigration, and religion.
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Sunday, October 29th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
China limits exports of energy intensive commodities
China plans to increase taxes on exports of metals, oil and steel in an effort to contain excess investment in energy intensive industries, and simultaneously will reduce tariffs for the import of commodities reported the Finance Ministry in Beijing.
