MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for December 24th 2006
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Sunday, December 24th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Chile's Sky Airline plans to fly to Cordoba and Mendoza
BUENOS AIRES — Chilean private company Sky Airline, which currently serves the Chilean domestic market, said that it is planning an imminent expansion of its route network to Córdoba and Mendoza in central Argentina, as part of wider plans to also fly to Sao Paulo, Lima and Madrid.
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Sunday, December 24th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Moody's improves Uruguay's rating but vulnerabilities remain
Moody's Investors Service upgraded the foreign- and local-currency bond ratings of Uruguay to B1 from B3 following a steady improvement in fiscal performance, a reduction in external and government debt ratios, and a significant reduction of refinancing risks.
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Sunday, December 24th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Copper mining companies invest in “reliable” energy
Four of the largest mining companies operating in Chile have joined forces in pursuit of reliable and affordable gas supplies.
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Sunday, December 24th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Another Chilean General's grandson fired
A week after Augusto Pinochet Molina, grandson of the former Chilean dictator, was fired from Chile's armed forces for giving an incendiary speech at his grandfather's funeral, the grandson of former General Carlos Prats, Francisco Cuadrado Prats, was fired from his job as a cultural director in Santiago's borough of Las Condes.
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Sunday, December 24th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Search operation for crew members of sunken fishing vessel
Two crew members from a Korean fishing vessel that sunk in the South Atlantic at mid week remain unaccounted for in spite of the intense search and rescue operation.
