Stories for 2006 , page 159

Friday, May 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

“We'd rather have Chavez inside, than on the loose”

Mercosur is suffering a “serious institutional problem” because there hasn't been effective understanding between country members on how to address macroeconomic synchronization difficulties, admitted Brazil's presidential advisor Marco Aurelio Garcia during an interview with Folha do Sao Paulo.

Friday, May 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

Chilean industry invested two billion US dollars in 2005

Tourism projects in Chile for 2005 totalled two billion US dollars and prospects of greater expansion are expected once the casinos bill is sorted out according to the country's Chamber of Commerce, Services and Tourism, (CNC).

Friday, May 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

Chavez, Morales and Castro helping Peru's Garcia

A majority of Peruvians disapprove of presidents Evo Morales from Bolivia; Fidel Castro from Cuba and Venezuela's Hugo Chavez according to a public opinion poll released Friday by the University of Lima.

Friday, May 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

Strong Chilean peso hitting wine exports

Chilean wine exports dropped in value for the first time since 1994, when the boom in international sales of Chilean wines first began.

Friday, May 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

Malvinas parliamentarian observatory in Argentina

The creation of a Parliamentarian Observatory on the Malvinas issue with the purpose of debating and promoting academic activities linked to sovereignty aspects of the Islands was passed Thursday by the (Argentine) Lower House and is en route of approval by the Senate, reports the Buenos Aires press.

Friday, May 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

Opinion polls confirm Colombian president re-election

The re-election of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe next May 28 seems certain according to the latest public opinion polls published Friday in Bogotá.

Thursday, May 18th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

Pulp mills controversy: beauty queen marches in Buenos Aires

The Argentine beauty queen who last week disrupted a world leaders' summit in Vienna with a bikini-clad protest against pulp processing plants received an enthusiastic welcome in Buenos Aires as she joined new demonstrations Wednesday.

Thursday, May 18th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

Uruguay imposes strict controls on foreign flagged fishing vessels

Uruguay has increased controls on third countries flagged fishing vessels arriving in Montevideo. The decision follows the commitment of Uruguay's National Directorate of Aquatic Resources Director Daniel Montiel at FAO Fisheries Committee meeting celebrated last year in Rome.

Thursday, May 18th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

Europeans too fat warn UN agencies

With obesity posing one of the greatest public health challenges of the 21st century, United Nations agencies warned Thursday that Europeans are in some ways eating worse now than 45 years ago, although agriculture and the right farm policies can promote healthy diets, such as eating more fruit and vegetables.

Thursday, May 18th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

Death toll in Sao Paulo attacks reaches 138

A five-day wave of violence and attacks with organized gang style executions, arson, and prison riots in Sao Paulo state, Brazil, finally subsided Thursday with a death toll of 138, --41 members of the police forces and 93 criminals--, according to the latest official report.