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  • Thursday, August 28th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

    Nobel Prize praises President Lula da Silva

    The business environment in Brazil experienced an “enormous advance” since the beginning of the current Luis Inacio Lula da Silva administration said 2001 Economics Nobel Prize winner Joseph Stiglitz.

  • Thursday, August 28th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

    Carrasco Airport in private hands

    The management of Uruguay's main international airport, Carrasco, will be in private hands for the next thirty years following this Wednesday public tender in Montevideo's Stock Exchange.

  • Thursday, August 28th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

    Soaring US budget deficit

    United States Congressional Budget Office, CBO, estimated this week the US budget deficit will reach a record 480 billion US dollars in 2004.

  • Thursday, August 28th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

    US suggestions for Mr. Kirchner

    Untied States has suggested to Argentine president Nestor Kirchner, who provided a warm welcome to Fidel Castro last May and more recently to Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, that his administration reconsider the country's relative uncritical position towards Cuba.

  • Thursday, August 28th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

    Two out of five Latinamericans live in poverty

    Some 220 million Latinamericans that is two out of five, in 2002 lived in poverty of which 95 million live miserably, according to the latest report from the United Nations Economic Commission for Latinamerica and the Caribbean, Cepal.

  • Wednesday, August 27th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

    Chile and Argentina Joint Ozone Program

    Chile and Argentina will be launching a joint scientific research program in Patagonia to monitor the deterioration of the ozone layer. The event will take place during Chilean president Ricardo Lagos official state visit to Argentina beginning this Thursday.

  • Wednesday, August 27th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

    President Lula on the rise

    Popular support for Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva administration increased from 46,3 to 48,3% during August, compared to the previous month, according to a public opinion poll released this week.

  • Wednesday, August 27th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

    Fujimori “the best president”.

    Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori currently exiled in Japan and is spite of the many charges he faces including killings and disappearances, is considered by a majority of Peruvians, the best of the five presidents the country has had since 1980.

  • Tuesday, August 26th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

    Peru associate member of Mercosur

    Brazilian and Peruvian presidents signed this Monday in Lima a free trade agreement between Mercosur and Peru with the specific commitment of increasing continental integration.

  • Monday, August 25th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

    President Lagos questions IMF policies

    Chilean president Ricardo Lagos, who this week will be visiting Argentina, questioned the current policies of the IMF and World Bank, and suggested Latinamerican countries coordinate foreign policy, following the recent experience of Chile and Mexico during the Iraq crisis.