Stories for November 18th 2006

Saturday, November 18th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

Pulp mills dispute: “no negotiations under pressure”

Uruguayan authorities “will not negotiate under pressure” was the short message to the Spanish King envoy that arrived Friday in Montevideo acting as a “facilitator” in the controversy with Argentina over the construction of pulp mills.

Saturday, November 18th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

Industrial production up 7.3% in October

Argentina's October industrial output expanded a smaller-than-expected 7.3%, with the automobile and construction sectors continuing to drive growth, the government said on Friday. Local analysts had forecast a 7.9% rise in industrial output.

Saturday, November 18th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

Gibraltar/Barajas Madrid flights begin December 16th.

Normal air services between Gibraltar airport and Madrid Barajas are to commence next December 16th, according to a joint press statement from the participants in the Forum of Dialogue on Gibraltar released Friday.

Saturday, November 18th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

Governor Huckle attends OT Council in London

Falkland Islands Governor Mr Alan Huckle is departing Saturday November 18 to attend the Overseas Territories Consultative Council (OTCC) in London on 21-22 November.

Saturday, November 18th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

Argentina suspends corn exports

Argentina, the world's second-biggest corn exporter has suspended “for an undetermined period” new corn export orders beginning November 20 in the latest effort by the government to rein in inflation.

Saturday, November 18th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

Argentina considering Falklands' war joint commemoration

Argentina's Defence Minsiter Nilda Garré confirmed Friday in Puerto Belgrano that a British invitation to jointly commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Falklands/Malvinas conflict is currently under consideration by the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs, reports the Buenos Aires press.

Saturday, November 18th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

WTO head at Uruguay Round XXth anniversary

World Trade Organization Director General Pascal Lamy is scheduled to visit Montevideo the coming week to participate in the twentieth anniversary of the GATT Uruguay Round (*).

Saturday, November 18th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

Milton Friedman, father of Chile's biggest economic revolution

Milton Friedman, one of the world's best-known economists and winner of the 1976 Nobel Prize for Economics, died of heart failure last Thursday in San Francisco.