Stories for October 8th 2002

Tuesday, October 8th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

Punta Arenas brief News

ENAP drilling in Puerto Natales; Overweight infants; Chileans return to Patriot Hill; Air rates increase; Foreign affairs expert; “Nathaniel Palmer” leaves Punta Arenas; Agreement to protect Antarctica; Sherman tank for Magallanes; Salmon farming boom; Antibiotic experiment with plants...

Tuesday, October 8th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

President Duhalde optimism

Argentine president Eduardo Duhalde said that the country would reach an understanding with the International Monetary Fund before November 9th when Argentina must honour a 250 million US dollars debt with the World Bank.

Tuesday, October 8th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

South America News

Dairy farmers of the world unite; Mega cruise conglomerate; Looking for investors; Chile and Mercosur; “The Argentine Consensus”; Argentine inflation recedes; Omega 3 fish oil from squid; Chilean red please;Salmon and trout exports drop in value...