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• Friday, November 10th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentina's options: Kirchner or Kirchner

  Argentina's First Lady, Senator Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is positioned to become the government's candidate for next year's presidential election, wrote analyst Joaquín Morales Solá in his Thursday column of La Nacion.

• Friday, November 10th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Gibraltar tripartite process overcomes minor tremor

  A joint “damage control” release from Spain, United Kingdom and the government of Gibraltar tried to recover the tripartite Cordoba process which was severely exposed when Spanish Foreign Affairs minister “slipped with an error” in an interview with a local newspaper.

• Friday, November 10th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentine conglomerate eyes Chilean beef industry

  One of Argentina's main conglomerates is planning to invest heavily in the Chilean meat industry purchasing one of the country's largest abattoirs, extensive ranch land with cattle in the south and a biotechnology business to improve the quality and performance of beef cattle.

• Friday, November 10th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Construction industry boom in Magallanes Region

  Magallanes and Aisen regions in the extreme south of Chile are undergoing a boom in the construction industry pushed by urban development, real estate and public works, according to the latest report from the Chilean Construction Chamber.

• Friday, November 10th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Pilot whales mass beaching in New Zealand

  Over 40 pilot whales have died in a mass beaching in northern New Zealand on Friday. A pod of the same size was refloated by volunteers and guided by boats out to sea.

• Friday, November 10th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Morales asks US to “reduce” demand for coke leaves

  Bolivia called on United States to “reduce” demand for cocaine thus helping put a cap on coke leaves production. The request follows a US complaint about the increase in the illegal acreage of coke in Bolivia.

• Friday, November 10th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Chile celebrates salmon industry success amid controversy

  Chile's booming salmon farming industry celebrated this week its twentieth anniversary with exports forecasted to reach this year a record 2.050 billion US dollars.

• Friday, November 10th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Washington wants to again train Latinamerican military

  United States will again begin training Latinamerican and Caribbean countries military given the growing concern of Washington with the advance of “left wing regimes” in the region points out Friday's editions of USA Today.

• Thursday, November 9th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Certified toothfish gradually returning to posh New York

  Since October New York shoppers at Whole Foods markets have been greeted by banners proclaiming the return of certified Patagonian toothfish (Chilean bass), from the South Georgia and South Sandwich islands fishery, reports The New York Times in one of its leading stories.

• Thursday, November 9th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Chilean fish and fruit industries leery of El Niño

  Chile's Meteorological Institute predicts El Niño will hit Chile harder than expected this year, with more rain and Pacific Ocean temperatures up by half a degree Celsius.