MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for 2006
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Wednesday, November 1st 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Bolivia's Morales “delays” mining nationalization
President Evo Morales backed off his plan to nationalize Bolivia's mining industry, saying his government can't afford it “for now” but he still wants to eventually recover control of the nation's mineral wealth.
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Wednesday, November 1st 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Migration and poverty in Ibero-American summit agenda
The 16th edition of the summit for the heads of state and governments of Ibero-America is set to begin this week in Uruguay with an agenda in which the issue of migration, poverty and development will establish the model for dialogue and cooperation.
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Wednesday, November 1st 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina's big business asks for reliability and energy
To ensure sustained development Argentina needs sound political institutions, reliable rules of the game to promote investment and energy, are the conclusions of a report from one of the country's leading business organizations.
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Wednesday, November 1st 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina/Uruguay dispute: with blocked bridges, “no dialogue”
“With blocked bridges there's no dialogue”, said Uruguayan president Tabare Vazquez when asked if a bilateral meeting with President Nestor Kirchner was scheduled next Friday in the framework of the Ibero-american summit in Montevideo.
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Tuesday, October 31st 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Oil prices slip by 3%
Oil prices fell by more than US$2 a barrel yesterday and heating oil futures plunged to a 15-month low as traders looked ahead to mild weather in the US and supply data due out later this week that is expected to show rising inventories of crude.
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Tuesday, October 31st 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Uruguay pleased with its debt swap
Creditors tendered US$1.17 billion of eligible bonds in Uruguay's debt swap, in line with government expectations, in the country's bid to scrap lightly traded bonds and extend debt maturities.
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Tuesday, October 31st 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Lula says Brazil is tired of being an “emerging power”
Re-elected Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva announced his second term will be dominated by political dialogue, government reforms and economic growth to ensure the battle against poverty continues and Brazil definitively abandons the “emerging countries” group.
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Tuesday, October 31st 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Pulp mill protestors promise more trouble
Uruguayan authorities described on Monday Argentine pickets' decisions to block traffic on a bridge leading to Uruguay next weekend during the Ibero-American summit as “irrational”.
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Tuesday, October 31st 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Misiones celebrates; Kirchner administration mute
President Nestor Kirchner received a bashing and Argentina's cyclical faith in democracy and republican institutions an impressive boost from one of the most under developed and forgotten provinces of the country.
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Tuesday, October 31st 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands' “first” for team of United coaches
Carlisle United will make history this week when a team of five coaches become the first delegation from a professional football team to visit the Falkland Islands.
