MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for 2006
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Monday, May 15th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Petrobras first quarter profit jumps 33%
Brazilian state oil company Petrobras said its first-quarter net profit rose 33% over 2005 last quarter to 6.675 billion Reais, the equivalent of 3.1 billion US dollars, boosted by an increase in crude output, sales and fuel prices.
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Monday, May 15th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Venezuela to explore for oil in Cuba
Venezuela will explore and eventually exploit hydrocarbons in Cuba according to a release published this week in Havana's official newspaper Gramma.
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Monday, May 15th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina confirms fisheries policy towards Falklands
Argentina's Fisheries and Aquaculture Under secretary confirmed that companies operating in Argentine jurisdiction without Argentine licences, particularly in the disputed Falkland Islands waters will certainly be sanctioned.
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Sunday, May 14th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
US/Ecuador free trade agreement frozen
Ecuador's chief trade negotiator, Manuel Chiriboga, admitted that a huge “uncertainty” surrounds the future of the free trade negotiations with United States suspended since the end of March.
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Sunday, May 14th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Landholdings, another Bolivian/Brazilian dispute
In spite of the agreement to tone down the energy dispute, another area of tension is brewing between neighbouring Brazil and Bolivia: landholdings.
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Sunday, May 14th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil-Bolivia tone down energy dispute
The presidents of Brazil and Bolivia toned down Saturday in Vienna a row over Bolivia's nationalization of its energy sector which exposed deep divisions in Latinamerica over economic policies and how to address much needed foreign investment.
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Sunday, May 14th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Chavez acknowledges a “growing rift” in Latinamerica
The growing regional rift in Latinamerica was acknowledged Saturday by Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, the most extroverted of the region's leaders who is pushing for a return to (nationalist) “Bolivarian roots” and “Socialism” with governments playing predominant roles in the economy.
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Sunday, May 14th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Pulp mills conflict: “EU tilted towards Uruguay”
The European Union is tilted towards Uruguay in the pulp mills dispute with Argentina announced Uruguayan president Tabare Vazquez Saturday in Vienna following a meeting with EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson.
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Sunday, May 14th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Lack of Latinamerican unit prevailed in Vienna summit
The European Union-Latin America summit in Vienna, with over 60 leaders from the two continents ended with very few concrete measures on trade and was dominated by the lack of unity among Latin American countries.
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Sunday, May 14th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Companies plan to grow in the next year
FALKLANDS businesses are “incredibly optimistic” about their future, despite the economic challenges they face.
