Stories for October 1st 2002

Tuesday, October 1st 2002 - 21:00 UTC

Chile in Security Council

Chile was chosen last week to the United Nations Security Council as non permanent member and will take over from Colombia next January. Chile will hold the post for two years.

Tuesday, October 1st 2002 - 21:00 UTC

Chilean unemployment almost unchanged

Unemployment in Chile during the June-August quarter dropped slightly (0,1%) to 9,6% compared to a year ago, but actually increased 0,2% over the previous quarter.

Tuesday, October 1st 2002 - 21:00 UTC

Most expensive country of the region

Following currency devaluations and recession in Mercosur member countries, Chile has become the most expensive country in US dollars of the region. This means that countries once considered expensive have now become a “bargain”.

Tuesday, October 1st 2002 - 21:00 UTC

Military crisis brewing

Chilean president Ricardo Lagos is in an uncomfortable situation following the disclosure that the Air Force Commander, General Patricio Ríos, allegedly had knowledge of the resurgence of a “Joint Command” extremist group, closely linked to the force and involving the wife of another Air Force general, but did not report it.

Tuesday, October 1st 2002 - 21:00 UTC

Bingham blasts Falkland's fishery policy

Marine biologist Mike Bingham claims that in 1982 the Penguin population in the Falkland Islands was six million, however twenty years later and as a direct consequence of the indiscriminate fisheries policy of the Islands government, only 600,000 are left.