Stories for March 2nd 2004
Chilean UN peace forces to Haiti
Chile will send 270 servicemen to help keep the peace and restore democracy in Haiti, Chilean President Ricardo Lagos announced Monday.
Hotel construction boom in Argentina
Ninety projects for the construction of new or refurbished hotels to be inaugurated in the next two years and involving over 250 million US dollars have been registered in the Argentine Tourist Office.
Peru warns about an arms race in the Pacific
Peruvian and Chilean officials will be meeting in Santiago this Tuesday to address defence expenditure issues which are souring relations between the two Pacific neighbours.
IMF “not willing” to reschedule Argentina's repayments.
The IMF is not willing to extend the repayments timetable of the current stand by agreement with Argentina as was requested by Argentine Economy Minister Roberto Lavagna during his latest visit to Washington.
Miami pushing to become seat of FTAA Secretariat
Miami, which is competing with ten other cities to become the permanent seat of the Free Trade Area of the Americas, FTAA, Secretariat, officially presented this Monday its proposal.
Koehler anticipates new IMF approach
IMF Managing Director General Horst Koehler admitted in Brasilia that the multilateral institution needs to reformulate its approach towards Latinamerica.
Desire Petroleum PLS
Interim report on the 3D-seismic programme in the North Falkland Basin
