MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for 2006
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Tuesday, October 10th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Democrats feel they can regain control of Congress
In the 1994 mid term elections when Bill Clinton was president, the Republican Revolution stormed and took control of both houses of the US Congress.
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Tuesday, October 10th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
The 280 US dollars per month poverty line in Argentina
An Argentine family to be considered above the poverty line needs a minimum income of 862 pesos equivalent to approximately 280 US dollars, which is the value of basic basket of goods and services, according to the September estimate of the country Statistics and Census Office.
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Tuesday, October 10th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
EU extends Spain over a billion Euros in fisheries funds
Spain is the European Union country most benefited from the allocation of funds made available under the European Fisheries Fund, (EFF) for the period extending from January 2007 to December 2013.
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Tuesday, October 10th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
“Be nice to the Falklands” advice to Argentina
Visiting the Falkland Islands this week is the recently appointed Head of the British Foreign Office's (FCO) Overseas Territories department, Leigh Turner.
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Sunday, October 8th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Venezuelan opposition dares and “avalanches” Caracas
An estimated 200.000 people turned out to the streets of Caracas on Saturday in support of Manuel Rosales, Venezuela's main opposition leader for the coming December presidential elections and who intends to defeat President Hugo Chavez re-election bid.
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Saturday, October 7th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil/Bolivia provisional agreement on natural gas
Brazil' government owned oil giant Petrobras announced a provisional natural gas price understanding with Bolivia, based on the current contract. Bolivia is Brazil's main supplier of natural gas.
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Saturday, October 7th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Chile stamps 23% “provisional tariff” on Argentine dairy produce
Chile took this week the first step to impose a 23% provisional safeguard tariff on imports of liquid and powder milk, and Gouda cheese from Argentina.
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Saturday, October 7th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Mixed signals from the US economy
Good and bad news from United States. The federal budget deficit dropped to 250 billion US dollars in 2006, compared to the 318 billion of a year ago according to estimates released Friday by the Congressional Budget Office, CBO.
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Saturday, October 7th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil's nine month inflation 2%
September's consumer prices index in Brazil crept 0.2%, above expectations and August's 0.05%, according to the Brazilian Geography and Statistics Institute
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Saturday, October 7th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
EU concerned with Latinamerican “democratic fragility”
The European Union is increasingly concerned with signals of “democratic structural fragility” coming from Latinamerica, warned the EU commissioner for International Relations Benita Ferrero Wadner speaking in Biarritz, France.
