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Stories for March 2004

• Monday, March 8th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Lula under pressure from his party

  Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is under strong pressure from his party high ranks and the business community to impose changes in his administration's orthodox economic approach.

• Monday, March 8th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Latinamerica hits the US election race

  Democrat presidential candidate John Kerry attacked President George Bush for only remembering the US Hispanic vote, (eight million), and Latinamerica when on the campaign trail for his re-election.

• Monday, March 8th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Anne Krueger IMF Acting Managing Director

  International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Horst Köhler resigned March 4 following his nomination for the German Presidency. Effective immediately, the Managing Director will excuse himself from official IMF business. First Deputy Managing Director Anne Krueger will be Acting Managing Director until the IMF's Executive Board names a successor to Mr. Köhler.

• Monday, March 8th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Skeleton 4,000 years old found in Tierra del Fuego

  Anthropologists and geologists from the Austral Scientific Research Centre, Cadic, in Ushuaia have found in the north coast of Argentine Tierra del Fuego the buried body, surprisingly well conserved of an adult that lived in the area 4,000 years ago.

• Monday, March 8th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  US Ambassador cautions President Lula da Silva

  United States Ambassador in Brasilia Donna Hrinak cautioned president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to “carefully calibre his opposition” in crucial issues for the Bush administration such as the current situations in Venezuela and Cuba.

• Monday, March 8th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Hot News from the Coast

  Headlines:
  
  Do you speak English?; Punta Arenas mayor robbed in Argentina; Scab in Santa Cruz province; Sheep experts in Punta Arenas Show; Magallanes “piggies” keep growing; Ushuaia newspaper set on fire; Spies still on the job, claims La Tercera.

• Monday, March 8th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Commonwealth Day address by the Primer Minister.

  Commonwealth Day is our opportunity to celebrate what brings us together and to take pride in being part of a Commonwealth of 53 member countries.

• Monday, March 8th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Death of Falklands Champion and Legislator Adrian Monk, OBE.

  Falkland Islanders are saddened by the death of one of their great champions in their sovereignty dispute with Argentina ? Adrian Monk, OBE. He has died aged 85, in Wales, where he and his wife, Norah, had run a smallholding in retirement.

• Sunday, March 7th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Breaking News.

  Aerolíneas Argentinas has big plans for Chile;
  Argentine natural gas exports increase;
  Confidence in sheep farming is returning.

• Friday, March 5th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Key ECB interest rates remain unchanged

  The governing council of the European Central Bank, meeting in Frankfurt, decided this Thursday to keep the basic exchange rate unchanged at 2%, despite calls for reduced rates from political leaders in Germany and France.