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Wednesday, November 29th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Ecuador's elected president targets oil revenue

Rafael Correa has been officially declared the winner of Ecuador's Sunday presidential run off after results showed his with a lead of 15 points over his rival Alvaro Noboa. With over 90% of votes tallied the US trained economist has 57.9% of the vote while Conservative banana tycoon Noboa 42.1%.
Wednesday, November 29th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Bolivian Senate OKs sweeping land reform

Bolivia's Senate approved President Evo Morales' far-reaching land reform law on Tuesday, ending a weeklong boycott by opposition lawmakers who attempted to block passage of the bill.
Wednesday, November 29th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Kiwis opening dairy farms in Chile

Even though Chile is an major exporter of kiwis, a handful of imported kiwis are in the country to stay. In this case it's the people, not the fruit who have found a home on dairy farmland in Chile's southern Region X.
Wednesday, November 29th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Fears of dramatic collapse of the Ross Ice Shelf

Scientists researching in Antarctic fear the Ross Ice Shelf, the size of France, could collapse quickly, triggering a dramatic rise in sea levels, according to reports in the New Zealand press.
Wednesday, November 29th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Uruguay orders the Army the custody of Botnia pulp mill

Uruguay ordered the perimeter custody of the grounds where Finland's Botnia is building a controversial pulp mill plant on a shared river with Argentina and which is challenged by Buenos Aires alleging damages to the environment.
Tuesday, November 28th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Colombia and Chile sign trade and investment accord

Chile and Colombia signed a trade agreement Monday that will eliminate the bulk of customs duties on the annual 689 million US dollars in goods traded between the two countries.
Tuesday, November 28th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
UN trawling ban efforts frustrated

Fishing nations including China and South Korea have blocked UN negotiators from imposing a full-fledged ban against destructive bottom trawling on the high seas.
Tuesday, November 28th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Pulp mill fight: Gorbachev intervention ?ridiculous'

Presidents Néstor Kirchner and Tabaré Vázquez act like two deaf men not willing to hear each other and who do not want to meet to talk, the 1980 Nobel Peace Laureate Adolfo Pérez Esquivel said yesterday.
Tuesday, November 28th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Uncovering 19th century history in Valparaíso port bay

A delicately elaborated nautical telescope, metal handheld lamps, intact pieces of dinnerware, and even a sailor's shoe buckle are among the artifacts recovered from a sunken merchant ship in the bay of Chile's main port, Valparaíso, discovered by a submarine sent out to monitor the progress of a project to make the bay deeper.
Tuesday, November 28th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Gibraltar referendum on new Constitution

The Gibraltar Government has issued a public call urging to “vote ?yes' for progress” in the coming Thursday referendum on the new Constitution, reports the Gibraltar Chronicle.