MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for 2006
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Monday, July 3rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
IMF praises Uruguay but insists with structural reforms
In a positive report on the Uruguayan economy, the International Monetary Fund praised the country's robust growth and inflation control but also recommended the implementation of “crucial” structural reforms, sustained macroeconomic policies and strengthening labour market flexibility
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Sunday, July 2nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Mexicans go to polls in crucial race
With leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and conservative Felipe Calderon running neck-and-neck, the elections which will also decide both Houses of Congress, five governors seats and local posts hinge on class divisions that have seldom been talked about so openly in Mexican politics.
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Sunday, July 2nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Flooding and mudslides isolate Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego was gradually returning to normal Sunday evening following torrential rains, flooding and mudslides which left Ushuaia and Rio Grande isolated and with no drinking water.
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Sunday, July 2nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Petrobras plans to invest 87 billion US dollars in five years
Brazilian government owned oil corporation Petrobras plans to invest 87 billion US dollars between 2007 and 2011 increasing energy production to 3.49 million barrels per day, which then should jump to 4.55 million bpd by 2015.
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Sunday, July 2nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Labour MP asks Argentina to respect Falklanders rights
Labour MP for Chorley, Lindsay Hoyle in an open letter sent to his Argentine colleagues published Sunday in Buenos Aires “La Nación” said it's hard to understand how a country so committed to human rights “can deny those same rights to the people of Malvinas/Falklands”.
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Saturday, July 1st 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands' 25 years fishing permits “a provocation”
The granting of fishing permits of up to 25 years is a provocation inviting Buenos Aires to also adopt drastic measures, said Carlos Ortiz de Rozas, who was ambassador to the United Kingdom as the two countries went to war in 1982 over the Falkland Islands, writes Guillermo Haskel in The Buenos Aires Herald.
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Saturday, July 1st 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Morales back steps and hopes to travel to the US
Bolivian President Evo Morales hopes to travel to Washington to ask Congress to extend trade preferences set to expire at the end of the year, a government official said in La Paz.
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Saturday, July 1st 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina Falklands' policy cools defence relations with UK
The growing strain between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the Falkland Islands advanced further when the Defence Ministry announced this week the suspension, until next October, of several United Kingdom/Argentina defense and military confidence building bilateral events.
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Saturday, July 1st 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Foreign Secretary Beckett visits Brazil
British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett will visit Brazil between July 2 and 4 at the invitation of Foreign Affairs Minister Celso Amorim. This will be Ms Beckett first bilateral visit since she was appointed Foreign Secretary two months ago.
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Saturday, July 1st 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Pekerman blamed for Argentine defeat.
The English press all headlined the extraordinary substitutions made by Argentine coach Jose Pekerman, which they maintain led to Argentina's exit from the 2006 World Cup.
