MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for 2006
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Tuesday, July 4th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Chile's June inflation jumps 0.6%; 3.9% in 12 months
Gasoline, public transport and liquid gas helped push the Chilean Consumer Prices Index for the month of June to an unexpected 0.6%, according to the country's Statistics Office.
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Tuesday, July 4th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil forecasted to grow 4.5% in 2006
Pushed by strong private and government investment Brazil's economy is in position to grow 4.5% in 2006, said Finance Minister Guido Mantega.
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Tuesday, July 4th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
First round for the whales: Navy sonar banned
A United States federal judge temporarily blocked the US Navy from using active sonar during a major multi-nation exercise off Hawaii until it could negotiate a settlement with environmentalists who say the sound waves would harm whales and other marine mammals.
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Monday, July 3rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Islanders in Iceland: looking at tourism through ?fresh eyes'
FOURTEEN members of the Falklands tourism industry returned to the Islands last week, filled with enthusiasm and inspiration after a ten day study tour of Iceland.
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Monday, July 3rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Mexico poll 'too close to call'
Mexico's presidential election was too close to call Sunday, with voters bitterly divided between a leftist offering himself as a savior to the poor and a conservative warning that his rival's free-spending proposals threaten the economy.
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Monday, July 3rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Over 252.000 tons of squid landed in Argentina
Argentina' squid landings between January and May this year totalled 253.517 tons, up 97% over the same period last year which reached 128.567 tons according to a release from the Undersecretariat of Fisheries and Aquaculture (SSPA).
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Monday, July 3rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Chile and Argentina advance with trans-Andean train
Mendoza City mayor Julio Cobos announced Saturday that the presidents of Chile and Argentina, Michelle Bachelet and Néstor Kirchner, will meet in August to finalize the planning for a new trans-Andean train that will connect Santiago with Mendoza.
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Monday, July 3rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Mexican hopefuls promise to respect election result
Mexican presidential hopeful Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador softened his stance Monday saying he will accept defeat in Sunday's election as long as it was clear that voting had been “free and clean”, with a precinct by precinct review”.
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Monday, July 3rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Good prospects for 2006/07 South American tourism
Preliminary results for the first four months of 2006 point to some 236 million international tourist arrivals worldwide, or 10 million more than in the same period of 2005, reflecting the sustained growth in global tourism demand started in 2004.
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Monday, July 3rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Regional autonomy becomes Morales great challenge
Bolivian president Evo Morales proclaimed a three tier victory for his administration and political party in Sunday's election for the nomination of a Constitutional Assembly that will be tasked with drafting a new charter to ensure the re-foundation of Bolivia including its aboriginal population.
