MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for December 2006
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Wednesday, December 6th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Pulp mills dispute: Argentina “reasonably optimistic”
The Argentine government is “reasonably optimistic” about the resumption of some form of dialogue on the pulp mills dispute with Uruguay, following the Tuesday visit to Buenos Aires of a special envoy sent by the King of Spain to try and “facilitate” an understanding between both countries.
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Wednesday, December 6th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Chavez moves closer to “my good friend” Kirchner
Re-elected Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez sent Tuesday two strong support messages to his Argentine counterpart Nestor Kirchner: he replaced an ambassador and announced the granting of a significant credit to an Argentine dairy cooperative.
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Wednesday, December 6th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Lan Plane Forced to Land in Brazil by Lack of Traffic Control
A Lan Airlines SA plane was forced to make an unscheduled landing in Sao Paulo because of a lack of service by Brazil's air traffic control system, the company said.
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Wednesday, December 6th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Lord Triesman to visit Falklands
Government House in Stanley has announced that Lord Triesman, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister responsible for relations with the UK Overseas Territories, will visit the Falkland Islands on December 15th and 16th.
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Tuesday, December 5th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Spain's turn to try and cool pull mills dispute
The Spanish Royal envoy sent to “facilitate” dialogue between Argentina and Uruguay on the escalating pulp mills dispute met Monday afternoon during forty minutes with Uruguayan president Tabare Vazquez.
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Tuesday, December 5th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Argentina, Chile to create joint peace corps
Argentina and Chile signed an agreement yesterday to create a joint peace corps that will be made available to the UN by 2008.
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Tuesday, December 5th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Morales focuses on investments
Bolivian President Evo Morales has called a meeting with foreign oil companies operating in the country to discuss future investment in the nationalized energy industry, the government said yesterday.
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Tuesday, December 5th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Former Paraguay president jailed
The former President of Paraguay, Luis Gonzalez Macchi, has been sentenced to eight years in prison for fraud and embezzlement.
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Tuesday, December 5th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Ecuador Declares Correa President
Ecuador s Supreme Electoral Court is officially declaring on Monday economist Rafael Correa.
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Tuesday, December 5th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Busy Falklands visit for Endurance
THE company of HMS Endurance have spent an enjoyable few days in Stanley and around the Islands.
