MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for 2006
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Friday, March 31st 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Expert Forecasts Rough Hurricane Season
This year's hurricane season will likely be worse than usual, though not as severe as 2005, a U.S. hurricane expert said Thursday.
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Friday, March 31st 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Bolivian commercial air traffic back to normal
Bolivian airports resumed Friday normal operations after workers from Lloyd Aero Boliviano (LAB) demanding a government takeover of the airline ended protests and agreed to negotiations.
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Thursday, March 30th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Chile, Latinamerica leading economy
Chile is the show case of Latinamerica leading the region's economic ranking, making it the country most attractive to invest and 22 in the world scale, according to a special report from The Economist.
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Thursday, March 30th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Bush to talk trade, immigration at Mexico summit
President George W. Bush prepared Wednesday to embark on his fifth trip to Mexico since taking office, heading for a tripartite summit including Canada that will deal with immigration, trade and border control.
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Thursday, March 30th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Mandelson: trade a ?two-way' street
Bs. Aires - European Union Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson yesterday firmly ruled out any improved EU offer for the farm sector until it has received a counteroffer to open up industry and service sectors, arguing that trade was a “two-way street” and that all offers had to be on the table.
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Thursday, March 30th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Brazilian blasts off in Russian rocket
Brazil's first astronaut blasted off from earth on a cloudless day today with a Russia-US crew bound for the orbiting International Space Station.
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Thursday, March 30th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Chile and Peru squabble over potatoes' heritage
The historic rivalry between Chile and Peru has in the past seen them arguing over territory and maritime borders; rights to the alcoholic beverage Pisco and to a musical instrument the charango (similar to a small guitar), culinary tradition and now potatoes.
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Thursday, March 30th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Currency appreciation makes Brazil leading Latam economy
Brazil became the leading Latinamerican economy in 2005, ahead of Mexico, and ranked eleventh in the world according to data released Thursday by the country's Geography and Statistics Institute.
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Thursday, March 30th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Migrant workers remittances reach 53.6 billion US dollars
Migrant workers from Latin America and the Caribbean sent home 53.6 billion to their families last year, a 17% increase over 2004 according to a survey released Thursday by the Inter-American Development Bank.
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Wednesday, March 29th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina reiterates Falklands' claim to Kofi Annan
During a meeting Monday with United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, Argentina reiterated its claim over the Falkland Islands and called for sovereignty negotiations with the United Kingdom.
