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Stories for 2006

  • Thursday, May 4th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

    Former crew members revisit Penelope

    A group of former Argentine Navy crew members of the auxiliary ketch Penelope during the 1982 South Atlantic war were able to visit their old ship as it stopped over in Buenos Aires en route from the Falkland Islands to Germany after 70 years in South Atlantic waters.

  • Wednesday, May 3rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

    Falklands - Argentina: “no ideal situation yet”

    The British Armed Forces Minister, Mr. Adam Ingram, is currently coming to the end of a four day long visit the Falkland Islands.

  • Wednesday, May 3rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

    New toothfish season begins in South Georgia

    The Deputy Commissioner for South Georgia, Miss Harriet Hall yesterday told listeners to the Falkland Islands Radio Service that one of the exciting features of the new toothfish season, which had just begun, was that there was a vessel licensed to carry out some trials of pot fishing.

  • Wednesday, May 3rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

    Cuba: “world's second largest prison for journalists”

    Cuba remained in 2005 the Latin American country where reporters are most exposed to government violence and holds the deplorable honour of being “the world's second-largest prison for journalists” behind China according to Reporters Without Borders, RSF, 167 country annual index.

  • Wednesday, May 3rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

    Bolivia's energy move: urgent regional summit

    An urgent regional presidential summit has been called for next Thursday to be held in northern Argentina following Bolivia's Monday decision to take over the country's energy industry.

  • Wednesday, May 3rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

    Spain warns Bolivia about “bilateral relations”

    The Spanish government said Tuesday it was “deeply concerned” with the nationalization of Bolivia's energy industry and warned that the move would have “consequences for bilateral relations”.

  • Wednesday, May 3rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

    Brazilian bank takes over regional BankBoston

    Bank of America Corporation, the second largest United States bank announced Tuesday it had agreed to exchange its BankBoston operation in Brazil for 2.2 billion US dollars in shares from Brazil's second strongest private financial institution, Banco Itaú.

  • Wednesday, May 3rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

    Fears about Bolivia's energy supplier “reliability”

    Brazil's all powerful industrial lobby doubts that Bolivia will remain a reliable supplier of natural gas in the wake of the country's decision to nationalize hydrocarbons' resources.

  • Wednesday, May 3rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

    Latinamerica needs to create 126 million jobs

    Facing an employment deficit of 126 million jobs in the coming decade, Latin America must not only increase its business competitiveness, but also move towards more “employment-rich” growth of the economy, the head of the United Nations International Labour Organization (ILO) said Wednesday.

  • Wednesday, May 3rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

    Bolivia guarantees gas supplies to Argentina and Brazil

    The president of Bolivia's government hydrocarbons corporation YPFB, Jorge Alvarado Rivas guaranteed gas supplies to Argentina and Brazil but also called for “understanding” following the country's decision to nationalize the energy sector.