MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for March 2003
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Thursday, March 13th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Aninat steps down
Eduardo Aninat Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), will leave his position in June 2003. A successor to Mr. Aninat, who joined the IMF on December 14 1999, is expected to be named in due course by IMF Managing Director Horst Köhler, said the IMF in an official release.
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Thursday, March 13th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Voluntary debt restructuring in Uruguay
Uruguayan officials will be travelling to the United States and Europe in an attempt to convince bond holders of a voluntary restructuring of the country's debt.
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Thursday, March 13th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Breaking News.
Headlines: New oil basin in Brazil; Chilean fisheries exports; FAM scare in Chile; Nothing to celebrate.
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Thursday, March 13th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Fisheries News.
Headlines: Shetland scenic plans under mussel threat; Andalusian fleet urged to claim EU funds; California squid fisheries drastically reduced; Spanish fishermen longing to return to Morocco...more.
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Wednesday, March 12th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
President Lula asks for patience.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, asked Brazilians for patience and criticised those who are “in a hurry” and the “cry babies”, because “I'm not planning to be muddled or precipitated into the needed changes”. Mr. Lula's remarks follow protests from the radical Landless Movement, a group hoping for mass land ownership reform in the country.
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Wednesday, March 12th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Another major financial scandal in Chile
Chile is in the midst of another major financial scandal involving government officials, private agents and a possible loss of over a hundred and ten million US dollars.
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Wednesday, March 12th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Chile plans to double animal production
With clear signs of farmers' optimism and promises of even more government assistance, the 51st Agriculture and Livestock Show organized by Magallanes Region cattle breeders was officially inaugurated last weekend by the Chilean Agriculture Secretary Jaime Campos.
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Wednesday, March 12th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Breaking News
Headlines: Record number of jiggers; Air traffic rockets in Ushuaia; Coordinated effort against FAM; Torres del Paine Park flooded; Chilean Navy concerned about Antarctic traffic;
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Wednesday, March 12th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Pinochet Undergoes Tests for Pacemaker
Former dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet underwent tests to determine whether doctors should replace the pacemaker he has had for seven years, an aide said. No decision was immediately announced on whether the 87-year-old former ruler will need a new device to control his heart beat.
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Wednesday, March 12th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Next -of- Kin visits resumed.
After over two years interruption visits to the Falkland Islands by Argentine relatives of servicemen killed during the 1982 South Atlantic War resumed this week.
