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Stories for November 2006

• Wednesday, November 22nd 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Chile: News in brief.

  Headlines:
  HMS Norfolk becomes “Almirante Cochrane”; Two sperm whales grounded in Magellan Strait beaches; Chilean algae exports total 99 million US dollars; Methanex back in production after Argentine strikers cut gas supply.

• Wednesday, November 22nd 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Documents confirm US involvement in 1964 Brazilian coup

  United States encouraged and supported the 1964 military coup in Brazil against elected president Joao Goulart according to documents from the US State Department recently declassified.

• Wednesday, November 22nd 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  New call from Lamy to re-launch Doha round talks

  World Trade Organization Director General Pascal Lamy called Wednesday on all parties to decisively re-launch the Doha round negotiations. He was speaking in the framework of the current twentieth anniversary celebrations of the GATT Uruguay round in Montevideo.

• Wednesday, November 22nd 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  US/Colombia trade agreement must face Congress

  United States signed Wednesday a free-trade agreement (FTA) with Colombia, which promises to strengthen economic ties between both countries by eliminating tariffs and other barriers to goods and services and expanding trade.

• Tuesday, November 21st 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentine: Kirchner inaugurated oil plant, keeps mum about oil protest.

  President Néstor Kirchner yesterday avoided talking about an oil workers protest in three Patagonian provinces as he addressed a crowd in Santa Cruz. But he did say that the province's next governor must be a courageous person.

• Tuesday, November 21st 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Cruise grounded in Antarctica rescued by Spanish vessel

  A Malta flagged cruise vessel with 150 passengers and which grounded in Antarctica Monday night were rescued by a Spanish Navy icebreaker currently on support duty in Antarctica.

• Tuesday, November 21st 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Fears of “Norwalk” virus in Ushuaia/Punta Arenas run

  The cruise virus “Norwalk” apparently struck early this month aboard a Chilean flagged cruise traveling from Ushuaia to Punta Arenas affecting an estimated fifty passengers, reports the local press.

• Tuesday, November 21st 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  World Bank grants loan for Uruguayan pulp mill

  The World Bank agreed Tuesday to finance a controversial pulp mill project in Uruguay that has caused tensions with Argentina over concerns it will cause environmental damage to a shared river.

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

  Optimistic outlook for Argentina next year

  The Argentine economy is accelerating and not decelerating said JP Morgan's vice president for emerging markets Vladimir Werning addressing an annual meeting of the Council of Americas on Argentina's prospects for next year.

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

  Mexico's Lopez Obrador to be sworn in

  Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has toured the country as if taking a victory lap. He's named a Cabinet and called for donations to fund his government.