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Stories for November 2006

• Wednesday, November 8th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Uruguay cancels debt and stand by program with IMF

  Uruguay announced its intention to repay early all outstanding obligations to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), amounting to an estimated 1.080 billion US dollars. Finance minister Danilo Astori also announced the canceling the current Stand-By Arrangement which extended until 2008.

• Tuesday, November 7th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Fourth Royal Navy drugs bust in two months

  British naval forces have taken part this week in a fourth major drugs bust on the high seas within the past two months hauling 1.3 tons of cocaine.

• Tuesday, November 7th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Second chance for reformed Ortega in Nicaragua

  Sixteen years after he was ousted by voters weary of war, rationing and a devastated economy, Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega looks set to have a new chance as president of Nicaragua.

• Tuesday, November 7th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Chile targets three million tourists by 2010

  Chile expects to receive three million foreign tourist by 2010 revealed the country's head of Tourism Promotion currently in London for the International Tourist Fair.

• Tuesday, November 7th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Forty top banks want to finance Panama Canal works

  Forty domestic and international banks have offered to finance the expansion of the Panama Canal including the building of three new locks, an overall investment estimated in 5.2 billion US dollars reports this week the Panamanian press.

• Tuesday, November 7th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Icebergs traced to giant berg south of Falklands

  Scientists from New Zealand's National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Niwa believe they have traced the history of a flotilla of icebergs discovered drifting about 260km south of this insular country.

• Tuesday, November 7th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Mastermind of Falklands's invasion arrested

  Former member of the Argentine military Junta and one of the masterminds behind the 1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands, Admiral Jorge Anaya has been detained for alleged crimes against humanity perpetrated at the notorious Mechanical School of the Navy.

• Monday, November 6th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Blank ballots win in unstable Ecuador

  The final count of votes in Ecuador's October 15 general election shows a discouraging no win situation for the political system. According to the Supreme Electoral Tribunal the winner in eleven of the country's 22 provinces was the blank ballot paper.

• Monday, November 6th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  October inflation in Argentina 0.9% and 8% in ten months

  Pushed by food, clothing and leisure increases the consumer prices index in Argentina climbed 0.9% in October, according to the latest release from the National Statistics and Census Office and in line with private estimates.

• Monday, November 6th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Bachelet inaugurates International Socialist congress

  Chilean president Michelle Bachelet inaugurates Monday the International Socialist World Council currently presided by former Greek Premier George Papandreu and which is expected to convene 300 delegates from over a hundred countries.