Stories for 2007

Friday, December 21st 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Europe's border-free zone expands to include 9 new states

Forty-eight hours of celebrations are taking place to mark nine new states joining a European border-free zone.
Friday, December 21st 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Antonini allegedly knew his way around Bs. As. Casa Rosada

US-Venezuelan businessman Guido Antonini Wilson, who in August attempted to introduce to Argentina an undeclared suitcase full of cash, was reportedly seen two days later at Government House in Buenos Aires, an Argentine prosecutor said on Thursday.
Friday, December 21st 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Petrobras finds more light oil and keeps increasing reserves

Petrobras shares rose Friday a day after Brazil's government owned oil company said it found more oil in the offshore Santos Basin. Shares rose 4.88, or 4.5%, to $112.88 in afternoon trading.
Friday, December 21st 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Chavez proposes “oil for social services” to Caribbean region

Cuba's Raul Castro and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez presided Friday in Cuba over the opening of the fourth Petrocaribe summit which will address the region's lack of sufficient energy resources.
Friday, December 21st 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Three tasks for the Chilean Navy in the southern seas

The incoming naval commander of the Chilean Naval Zone III in Punta Areas identified three main tasks for the Chilean Navy in the area next year. They include reopening an Antarctic base, relocating all the Navy's land operations into a single building and have Chile's icebreaker Admiral Oscar Veil definitively stationed in Punta Arenas.
Friday, December 21st 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Punta Arenas, Lan's hub for Falklands and Ushuaia flights

Saturday flights to Falklands/Malvinas are virtually fully booked because it's the high season and there are many travelers linked to Antarctic activities flying to the Islands, according to Lan airline Punta Arenas General Manager Paola Contardo.
Friday, December 21st 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Argentina puts clocks forward one hour on December 30

The Argentine government disclosed Friday the Rational and Efficient Power Use Plan with the aim of easing daily demand peak and saving water reserves for winter. Federal Planning minister Julio De Vido, also known as the “energy czar” underlined that the plan does not mean “restrictions”.
Friday, December 21st 2007 - 20:00 UTC
MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM MERCOPRESS

MercoPress wishes a happy holiday season to all its readers.
Thursday, December 20th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Whales believed to have evolved from a deer-like animal

A group of researchers says that the closest known evolutionary cousin of whales, dolphins and porpoises is not the hippopotamus, as conventional wisdom has it, but an extinct deer-like animal roughly the size of a raccoon.
Thursday, December 20th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Peru is planning not to renew loan agreements with IMF

Peru, one of the International Monetary Fund, IMF, clients has announced it has no intention of renewing the stand by agreement that extends until February 2009.