Stories for February 28th 2004
G-15 in Caracas marred by violent incidents
Two people were killed and dozens injured Friday afternoon in clashes between Venezuelan Army troops and opposition demonstrators trying to reach the seat of an international summit being held in Caracas.
IMF praises Uruguay and postpones debt payments
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed this week the fourth review under the SDR 2.13 billion (US$3.2 billion) Stand-By Arrangement for Uruguay.
Darwin's “Beagle” found off Essex
Charles Darwin vessel “Beagle” with which the British expeditionary explored much of South America helping him to draft his masterpiece about the evolution of species was found off the coast of Essex in the south of England.
Present Argentine Government resembles Galtieri's dictatorship of 1982, says Councillor.
Members of the Falkland's Legislative Council have again roundly condemned, what they term, ' Argentina's current bullying and threatening' tactics.
Families Commission grateful to Islanders
A letter addressed to Falkland Islands Governor Howard Pearce arrived last Wednesday in BBC “Japan” the vessel that carried the blocks of the Argentine Memorial to be assembled in the Argentine Cemetery in Darwin.
