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• Wednesday, March 16th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Spain's Marsans might sell Argentine airline

  Spanish travel group Marsans is seeking partners to invest in its Aerolíneas Argentinas unit, and would even consider selling it entirely if the price were right, a source close to the company said yesterday.

• Tuesday, March 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Saudis and Iran disagree over oil production.

  Saudi Arabia Oil Minister Ali el Noeimi said that international crude is calling on the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, to increase its current supply of 27 million barrels per day by “another half million barrels”.

• Tuesday, March 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Shell sales in Argentina collapse 70%

  Sales of Shell in Argentina dropped 70% since last Thursday when President Nestor Kirchner called on consumers to boycott the oil company for having increased the price of fuels 4,2%, said Carlos Calabró, president of the Argentine Federation of Fuel Businessmen.

• Tuesday, March 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Bankrupt Pinochet nephew offering kidney on sale

  A nephew of former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet is offering on sale one of his kidneys in a last ditch effort to survive from bankruptcy, reports this week the Santiago press

• Tuesday, March 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Brazilian cabinet reshuffle thinking in 2006 re-election.

  Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is expected to announce this week a major cabinet reshuffle giving greater participation to conservative parties with the purpose of paving the way for his re-election in 2006.

• Tuesday, March 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Poor ranking for S. American cities.

  Kidnapping, robberies and killings have placed Buenos Aires in position 115 of a world safety ranking which includes 215 cities in all continents. The safest is Luxembourg and at the other extreme figures Baghdad.

• Monday, March 14th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  New arsenal for Venezuela.

  The US military's senior officer responsible for security co-operation in Latin America has warned of the destabilising potential posed to the region by the Venezuelan government's controversial, and opaque, arms procurement programme.

• Monday, March 14th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  IAPA Meeting ends today in Panama.

  Inter America Press Association program ends today, March 14, with resolutions and conclusions, as well as the Closing Luncheon with the participation of Arthur O. Sulzberger, Jr., editor of The New York Times.

• Monday, March 14th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Remittances for nearly $700 million.

  Argentines living abroad send more than nearly $700 million home a year; triple the level three years ago, the Clarin newspaper reported Sunday, citing National Migration Service figures.

• Monday, March 14th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Breaking News.

  Headlines:
  
  HMS Endurance scheduled in Punta Arenas; Clocks set back 60 minutes in Chile;
  Cruise season “positive” with 3% visitors increase; Cruise season “positive” with 3% visitors increase; Lan reduces weekly flights to Ushuaia; Private vessel for Antarctic scientific research; Chile increases air operational capability in Antarctica; US forestry volunteers in Torres del Paine.