MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for 2006
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Tuesday, March 7th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Emperor penguins win the best documentary Oscar
A film about the trials of Emperor penguins struggling to survive in Antarctica, “March of the Penguins”, won the Oscar for the best documentary last Sunday at the Hollywood Academy Awards.
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Tuesday, March 7th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Mexican record oil exports during January
Mexico's government owned oil consortium Pemex reported record exports of crude, volume and value, during January. Exports totalled 3.18 billion US dollars compared to 1.39 billion in January 2005.
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Tuesday, March 7th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Foreign investment in Chile contracted during 2005
Foreign investment in Chile declined drastically last year, amounting to half the 2004 level revealed officials from the Foreign Investment Committee in Santiago.
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Tuesday, March 7th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Buenos Aires Councillors oust mayor over nightclub tragedy
Buenos Aires City Council fired Tuesday Mayor Anibal Ibarra for “poor performance of his duties”, a charge stemming from a December 2004 discotheque blaze that killed 193 and injured more than 700 people.
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Monday, March 6th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Mercosur Army commanders meet in Chile
The Bolivian Army will be participating this week in a meeting of Mercosur Army Staff Commanders in Chile with the purpose of coordinating cooperation in peace operations and international humanitarian aid.
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Monday, March 6th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Released former Ecuadorian president vows return
Former Ecuadorian president Lucio Gutierrez was released last week from prison in Quito where he had been held since last October on charges of endangering national security.
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Monday, March 6th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Arias confirmed as Costa Rica's elected president
Nobel Peace Prize winner Oscar Arias was confirmed as Costa Rica's next president after his rival Otton Solis conceded defeat following a vote by vote manual recount of the closest and most contested election in the Central American country's history.
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Monday, March 6th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Bolivia's “re-founding” project firmly on track
Bolivian Congress overwhelmingly passed a bill calling for a constitutional assembly and a regional autonomy referendum, two of President Evo Morales electoral promises on which the “new” Bolivia is to be “re-founded”.
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Monday, March 6th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Woman leads opinion polls in Peruvian election
With just over a month for the Peruvian presidential election (April 9), the latest public opinion poll shows former Congress member Conservative Lourdes Flores leading with 25% vote intention followed by ultra nationalist Ollanta Humala five points behind.
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Monday, March 6th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
FIG Completes Audit of Fuel Supply Agreement
The Falkland Islands government (FIG) and Stanley Services Ltd (SSL) have revealed the formula used for fixing fuel prices.
