MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for 2006
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Thursday, November 23rd 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Long agenda addressed at OTCC meeting in London
Corruption, good governance, criminal justice, climate change and human rights were among the several issues addressed by the Overseas Territories Consultative Council, OTCC, which this week met in London at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
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Thursday, November 23rd 2006 - 20:00 UTC
US economy on a soft “benign” deceleration path
The United States economy is experiencing a benign deceleration while Japan is close to achieving its longest expansion period in the last sixty years, said Angel Gurría, chairman of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development during a meeting in Warsaw.
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Thursday, November 23rd 2006 - 20:00 UTC
More stable oil market forecasted for 2007
Increased oil and gas production in the Caspian Sea, Africa and North America will help OPEC meet global demand in 2007, according to the International Energy Agency.
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Thursday, November 23rd 2006 - 20:00 UTC
MS Amsterdam signals start of cruise season in Uruguay
The official 2006/07 cruise season began Thursday morning in Uruguay with the arrival in Montevideo of the MS Amsterdam carrying 1.300 tourists and 600 crew members.
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Thursday, November 23rd 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Uruguay/Argentina pulp mills controversy deepens
The ever increasing controversy between Uruguay and Argentina over the construction of pulp mills and pickets blocking routes reached a new peak Thursday when Uruguay's ambassador in Buenos Aires was summoned to the Foreign Affairs Ministry.
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Wednesday, November 22nd 2006 - 20:00 UTC
“Mi Negra” project has Chavez on the defensive
Ninety days ago, the odds against Manuel Rosales winning the Venezuelan presidency had to be 100-to-1. But now, with less than two weeks before election-day, he's got a real chance to pull off the biggest upset in modern Latin American political history.
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Wednesday, November 22nd 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Falklands to benefit from lower university tuition fees
Students from UK overseas territories, including the Falkland Islands, will pay lower university tuition fees next year, ministers have announced.
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Wednesday, November 22nd 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Soy rapidly becoming an only crop threatening biodiversity
The explosive development of soybean farming in the last decade means 8% of the world's agriculture land is dedicated to the crop and ranks only behind three basic cereals: rice, wheat and corn. Soy and derivate exports represent 10% of all global agriculture trade reveals the latest report from FAO.
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Wednesday, November 22nd 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Lamy in Montevideo for Uruguay Round anniversary
World Trade Organization Secretary General Pascal Lamy arrived Tuesday in Uruguay for the twentieth anniversary celebration of the launching of the GATT Uruguay Round in 1986.
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Wednesday, November 22nd 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Brazil: focus on infrastructure
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva plans to hire more people and modify environmental laws to force through 120 stalled infrastructure projects in his second term, a senior Environment Ministry official said.
