Stories for January 2003 , page 5

Monday, January 13th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

Argentines seek emigration to Europe

Argentina's historic condition as a melting pot of immigrants from all over Europe is providing hundreds of thousands of children and grandchildren of those pioneers with the hope of escaping their nation's economic nosedive and returning across the Atlantic

Monday, January 13th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

Eight Chilean army officers indicted for role in 1973 slayings.

A Chilean court on Monday ordered the arrest of eight former military officers allegedly linked to the abduction and summary execution of 12 people detained at the onset of Augusto Pinochet's coup d'etat.

Sunday, January 12th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

Ex-Argentine dictator Galtieri dead

General Leopoldo F. Galtieri, the former Argentine dictator who ordered the invasion of the Falklands Islands, has died the Central Military Hospital has announced.

Friday, January 10th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

Penguin News Friday Update

Headlines: £4 million abattoir is 'good investment'; Discovered too late says Conservation; Cruise vessels
crowd in.

Friday, January 10th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

Breaking News

Headlines: IMF-Argentina talks begin; “Special envoy” for Latinamerica; EU and UK rates unchanged; “Everything possible to help Argentina”;

Thursday, January 9th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

IMF announces dispatch of mission to Argentina

An IMF mission will leave for Argentina Thursday to resume negotiations with the government on a transition accord, the fund announced.

Thursday, January 9th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

Chilean Ex-Minister Jailed in Scandal

A judge on Tuesday ordered the arrest of a former cabinet minister and two other former high-ranking officials in a growing corruption scandal affecting the center-left government of President Ricardo Lagos.

Thursday, January 9th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

Chinese jigger arrested for illegal fishing

Warning shots were fired during an 11 hour pursuit which ended with the arrest of the Chinese-flagged vessel Fu-Yuan 3, which was fishing without a permit in San Jorge Gulf, Santa Cruz province.

Thursday, January 9th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

President Duhalde finds a candidate.

Argentine caretaker president Eduardo Duhalde finally seems to have found the candidate for the coming April elections, Governor Néstor Kirchner, a man who should help renew faces in the ruling party and at the same time defeat his greatest opponent, former president Carlos Menem.

Wednesday, January 8th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

Argentina complies with IMF by lifting currency restrictions

Argentina's Central Bank on Tuesday night fully lifted all currency market controls with the dual goal of maintaining the current price of the dollar and complying with the demands of the International Monetary Fund.