MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for December 2006
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Tuesday, December 19th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Scioli's candidacy a Kirchner need, not a heartfelt desire.
President Néstor Kirchner's likely decision to send in Vice-President Daniel Scioli to run for governor in Argentina's richest district next year would not reflect so much his heartfelt desires, but sheer political need after a tiny province dealt him a severe blow.
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Tuesday, December 19th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
New FIG website: Introduces the Islands as “a dynamic UK Overseas Territory”
THE Falkland Islands Government has launched an updated website -
www.falklands.gov.fk
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Tuesday, December 19th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Spanish concern over Argentine stance on Falkland fisheries
Representatives from the General Secretariat of Maritime Fisheries (SGPM) and the Spanish General Directorate of Fisheries Resources met with the Argentine lawmaker Silvia Giusti in the Argentine Senate for talks over the bill that tacitly proposes eliminating the so called “double permits.”
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Tuesday, December 19th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
New Petrobras rig with 135.000 bpd potential
Petrobras began operating this week a new oil rig with an estimated initial daily production of 15.000 barrels of heavy oil, 17 degrees API in the Jubarte field off Espirito Santo state, according to a release from the corporation.
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Tuesday, December 19th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Chile adds two new regions to the existing 13
Chile will add two more Regions to the existing thirteen beginning mid 2007 following the approval in Congress of the initiative. The new regions are XIV Valdivia, divided into the provinces of De Los Rios and Ranco and the XV, Arica and Parinacota.
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Monday, December 18th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Oil companies celebrate new Argentine law
Oil firms operating in Argentina celebrated a law passed this month to transfer property of hydrocarbons from the nation to provinces, saying that it will foster legal security and investments. But critics say that it will do nothing but “atomize” control over oil and gas exploration and exploitation.
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Monday, December 18th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Energy crisis
Argentina is facing a severe energy shortage that many experts blame on the lack of investments since the 2001-2002 economy crisis and despite GDP has grown at about nine percent over the last four years.
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Monday, December 18th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
SAA returns to Argentina amid world expansion
South African Airways (SAA) next July will return to Argentina – a market it stopped serving in 2001 partly due to high-operating costs at Buenos Aires' Ezeiza international airport — with three flights a week, and increase weekly flights to Sao Paulo from seven to 10, to have a dual gateway to South America.
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Monday, December 18th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Survey shows Chileans among least happy in Latinamerica
The latest in a string of international happiness surveys shows that 66% of Chileans describe themselves as “happy” or “very happy” — yet they are less happy than people in almost every other Latin American country.
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Monday, December 18th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Uruguay pleased to end military custody of disputed pulp mill
Uruguay confirmed Monday it would willingly withdraw military personnel stationed in the perimeter of the Botnia-Orion pulp mill under construction, following a request from the Finnish company.
