Stories for June 25th 2002
Breaking News from Latinamerica
Headlines:
Magallanes beef for Libya; Investors prefer China; Trade dispute with neighbors; Chilean astronaut
Trade dispute with neighbors
Chile formally requested last week the intervention of the World Trade Organization, WTO, regarding “discriminatory” taxing by Uruguay and Peru, against imported goods.
Irizar sets sail on second Antarctic rescue mission
Almost 100 years after a young Argentine Navy Lieutenant succeeded in rescuing a Swedish scientific expedition stranded on Antarctica the vessel named after him set sail from Buenos Aires this morning on a rescue operation to free a German transport vessel trapped in the ice on the edge of Antarctica.
Grass root politics for Alfonsín
Former Argentine president Raúl Alfonsín is expected to resign his Senate bench and commit himself fully to “grass root politics”, according to his closest aides.
Menem leads among Peronists
Former Argentine president Carlos Menem who ambitions a third mandate leads among Peronist hopefuls according to a poll published this week in the Buenos Aires press.
King Juan Carlos invited to Antarctica
Chile has extended an official invitation to Spain's King Juan Carlos to tour Chilean Antarctic stations and visit the different scientific research programs.
