MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for 2006
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Sunday, March 12th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Venezuela gallops left with new flag
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez held a huge military parade on Sunday to celebrate changes he made to the nation's flag, a reform foes rejected as a personal whim of the leftist leader.
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Sunday, March 12th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina rejects Uruguay's Foreign Affairs minister
An agreement between Argentina and Uruguay to overcome the controversy with the pulp mills being built in the Uruguayan coast of a shared river apparently includes the non participation of Uruguay's Foreign Affairs minister in future talks, revealed El Pais, Montevideo's main daily in its Sunday edition.
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Sunday, March 12th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands “harassment” by Argentina on Tories agenda
Labour ministers this week will come under pressure to explain how they intend to protect Falkland Island vessels from being “harassed” by Argentina, as an escalating conflict over fishing rights threatens to sour relations between the South Atlantic neighbours still further, reports The Scotsman in its Sunday edition.
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Saturday, March 11th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Chile to swear in its first woman president today
South America's most recent socialist President-elect, Chile's Michelle Bachelet, will be inaugurated today in what has been described as the latest sign of a cultural revolution in Chile.
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Saturday, March 11th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
HMS Endurance in Puerto Belgrano's dry dock
The Royal Navy's Ice Patrol Ship HMS Endurance is undergoing repairs in the dry dock of Argentine Navy's main base Puerto Belgrano where she arrived Friday afternoon.
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Saturday, March 11th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Chile says adios to President Lagos
It's reminiscent of a tale of rags to riches. Ricardo Lagos' presidency started in March 2000 with an aura of foreboding. He had only just beaten Joaquin Lavin in January's electoral run off; the specter of the first ?leftist' President since Allende sent capital flying out of the country; and it was widely believed he wouldn't finish his term.
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Saturday, March 11th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Argentine January fisheries exports reach 48 million USD
Argentine fish exports totalled 48 million US dollars last January, up 16% over a year ago, 41.3 million US dollars, according to the latest release from the country's National Health and Agro-Food Quality Service (SENASA).
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Saturday, March 11th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Paper mills conflict: 90 days truce agreed
Uruguay and Argentina presidents announced Saturday in Chile a 90 days truce in the paper mills controversy with a simultaneous plants construction suspension and lifting of international bridges blockades by Argentine residents and environmentalists protesting against the mills alleged future pollution.
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Saturday, March 11th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Michelle Bachelet takes office in Chile
Michelle Bachelet was inaugurated as Chile's first woman president Saturday during a ceremony at the country's Congress attended by thirty world leaders and delegations from 120 countries.
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Saturday, March 11th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Arrested Korean jigger arrives in Mar del Plata
A Korean jigger supposedly poaching in Argentine waters arrived Saturday afternoon in Mar del Plata del Plata escorted by the Argentine Navy corvette Guerrico.
