Mercosur

• Saturday, April 14th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Regional fact-finding cruise by Falkland Islands Port Agent

  

  Debbie Summers, Tourism Development Manager of Sulivan Shipping Ltd, who are port agents for the majority of cruise ships visiting the Falklands, described the 2006/7 season as “the most successful to date”.

• Thursday, April 5th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News update

  Headlines:
  The hardest decision; University fees reduction may have sting in tail; Man dies after 2nd 'jump ship'; Measured' response to flag; Tomorrow is Good Friday.

• Monday, April 2nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Shadow Foreign Secretary Hague visits Falkland Islands

  

  The Shadow Foreign Secretary, William Hague, will be visiting Brazil this weekend before travelling on to the Falkland Islands in the week of the 25th anniversary of the Argentine invasion.

• Thursday, March 29th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Bernanke: “Increased uncertainty” about US economy

  

  US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Wednesday that uncertainty about the outlook for the US economy has increased and any future decisions on rates will depend on the evolution of growth and inflation.

• Thursday, March 29th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Fidel Castro published article to criticize US biofuels policies

  

  Ending eight months of silence, ailing Cuban President Fidel Castro published an article in Cuban state media Thursday criticizing US environmental policies. The article published in the Cuban Communist Party Daily Granma was the first attempt by Castro, who is recuperating from intestinal surgery, to comment on international issues since he was taken ill in July 2006.

• Thursday, March 29th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands “business as usual” says Chief Executive

  Responding yesterday to the announcement by the Argentine Government of the suspension of the British/Argentine Joint Agreement over oil exploration in the Special Area of Cooperation in the South Atlantic, Chief Executive of the Falkland Islands Government, Chris Simpkins, said that while the announcement by Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana was “unfortunate” it would have no practical effect and there would be “business as usual” in the Falkland Islands

• Tuesday, March 27th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile: News Briefs from The Santiago Times

  

  Headlines:
  BHP Billiton officially opens Spence mine; U.S. publication names Santander best bank in Chile; U.S. business funding copper thefts; Chile's GDP almost doubles in three years; Public transport is stressing commuters.

• Thursday, March 22nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Weekly Penguin News Update

  

  Heradlines: World's windiest marathon; Tourism work permit denied; FIDF remember; Rotterdam's on her own
  
  Fishing news: Licence revoked; Squid return to zones; SAFC: another non-starter

• Monday, March 19th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  ”Old fishing law needed updating,' says Falklands' Fisheries Director

  

  Government representatives from Argentina and the United Kingdom met in Buenos Aires during 14 - 15 March to analyse activities of the South Atlantic Fisheries Commission (SAFC), a request for bilateral co-operation favouring the conservation of fishing resources in that region.

• Monday, March 19th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  NZ minister to visit Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay

  

  New Zealand's Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters leaves Tuesday on a two-week visit of South America and the aim is to build closer political, economic, and personal links with the region, reports the Auckland press.