Stories for January 13th 2004
Lula set to return favours and reshuffle cabinet.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's plan to build a Congressional majority and electoral alliance for the coming municipal polls with one of the parties he once bitterly battled received crucial support this Monday.
Punta Arenas News.
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Lan Chile again in the spotlight; Spanish King visits Punta Arenas and Antarctica; “Pardehlas” case close to an end.
Argentine bondholders of the world, unite.
The main world representatives of Argentine defaulted sovereign bond holders founded this week in Rome an international committee with the target of recovering their investments.
Half a million Latinamericans in Spain.
More than half a million Latin Americans are legal residents of Spain, the largest group of documented immigrants in the country.
Free-trade declaration for Americas delayed.
Disagreements over free trade on Tuesday held up agreement over a joint declaration by heads of state attending an extraordinary Summit of the Americas.
