Stories for April 2002 , page 2

Saturday, April 27th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

Argentina Names Economic Minister

Argentina's president enlisted a trade specialist and former diplomat to be his economy minister on Friday, the sixth person recruited over the last year for the job of rescuing a ravaged economy and a financial system bordering on collapse.

Friday, April 26th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

Chile reaches free trade agreement with Brussels

The European Commission and Chile on Friday agreed a broad political and commercial accord that was expected to lead to a liberalised trade agreement once the details were ratified by the 15 European Union governments.

Friday, April 26th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

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Thursday, April 25th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

More time for Duhalde

More exhausted than convinced Argentine president Eduardo Duhalde announced that the long overnight talks with the provincial governors had resulted in a fourteen points program to be implemented in the next three months.

Thursday, April 25th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

UK must resist Argentine sovereignty claim. Sir Rex Hunt's

The sacrifice of British lives in liberating the Falkland Islands in 1982 and British money and effort since will have been in vain if ever sovereignty is conceded to Argentina, declares former Governor Sir Rex Hunt in his updated book, “My Falkland Days”.

Thursday, April 25th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

Falklands hero heads Royal Navy

A hero of the Falklands war, Admiral Sir Alan West, whose frigate HMS Ardent was bombed and sunk by Argentine aircraft, has been appointed to head the Royal Navy as First Sea Lord. He takes over in September from Admiral Sir Nigel Essenhigh.

Wednesday, April 24th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

Artists' exhibition on Falklands Conflict

An imaginative artistic exhibition commemorating the Falklands Conflict in a new light is attracting the interest of visitors to London's famous Imperial War Museum. It is one of a series of exhibitions marking the 20th anniversary.

Wednesday, April 24th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

Dramatic hours

With Congress divided on the crucial issue of converting frozen bank deposits into Government bonds, and with the IMF still refusing to grant an aid package, Argentina's Minister of Economy Jorge Remes Lenicov resigned plunging the country into a political crisis of unpredictable consequences.

Wednesday, April 24th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

British banks Argentine watch

British newspapers are carrying increasingly concerned reports of Argentina's worsening economic crisis.

Tuesday, April 23rd 2002 - 21:00 UTC

Armed Forces support democracy

Argentine Army Commander in Chief General Ricardo Brinzoni said that a military intervention to reestablish order in the face of a social outburst can't be discarded, but it will be done in the “framework of the Constitution and the rule of the law”.