MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for 2006
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Thursday, June 29th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Strong peso makes Chile the most expensive in South America
Chile became in 2005 the most expensive country South American country to live in, followed by Brazil and Uruguay, while the cheapest are Bolivia and Paraguay, according to a report released this week by the Brazilian Geography and Statistics Institute, IBGE.
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Wednesday, June 28th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
HMS Liverpool exercises with Brazilian frigate
HMS Liverpool has completed a two day Maritime Exercise with Brazilian Naval Ship (BNS) Bossio and the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) Gold Rover, off Brazil's south-east coast.
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Wednesday, June 28th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
“Express” kidnappings alarm Buenos Aires
A new wave of “express” kidnappings is causing alarm among the residents of Buenos Aires and its suburbs.
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Wednesday, June 28th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
UK confirms: “no Falklands' sovereignty talks”
United Kingdom will not negotiate the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands “unless and until the Islanders wish us to do so” said Tuesday a British Embassy source in Buenos Aires.
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Wednesday, June 28th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Chile and Panama sign free trade pact
Chile and Panama yesterday signed a free trade agreement that will eliminate 98 percent of tariffs on trade between the countries within 10 years.
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Wednesday, June 28th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Rockhopper survey results suggests hydrocarbons presence
Rockhopper Exploration plc is pleased to announce that preliminary results from the Controlled Source Electromagnetic (CSEM) survey data suggests that resistive bodies co-incident with the mapped structures are present.
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Wednesday, June 28th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Chile aquires four new F-16 fighter jets
Four F-16 fighter jets purchased from the United States arrived Tuesday at the Los Cóndores Air Base in Iquique. Two jets arrived earlier this year and another four will join the fleet by the end of 2006 as part of a large-scale renovation of Chile's Air Force.
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Wednesday, June 28th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Pro-whalers' progress worries campaigners.
Whale StrandingsPROGRESS by pro-whaling nations at a meeting of the International Whaling Commission this month has caused concern among conservationists and anti-whaling nations.
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Wednesday, June 28th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Eighth year Falklands Government is at Royal Show
The Falkland Islands renowned for its environmentally friendly and disease free agriculture will be exhibiting at the Royal Show in Stoneleigh for the eighth year running from 2 - 5 July.
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Wednesday, June 28th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Peruvian Congress ratifies U.S. trade pact by 79 to 14
The Peruvian Congress overwhelmingly voted early Wednesday morning to ratify a free trade pact with the United States brushing aside claims Peru's farmers would go broke under a flood of subsidized among others, cotton, rice, corn and potatoes.
