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  • Wednesday, April 16th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

    Carlos Menem hopes to visit the Islands soon.

    Presidential candidate Carlos Menem today said he hopes to be visiting the Falkland Islands as early June, when, if elected in the forthcoming presidential elections, he will be president for the third time and by when he hopes Aerolineas Argentinas will be flying to the Islands.

  • Wednesday, April 16th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

    “No openly populist tone”

    The head of the IMF' Western Hemisphere Department said he didn't perceive in his conversations with Argentine presidential candidates “an openly populist tone” and added he was willing to continue working with what ever government is elected next April 27.

  • Wednesday, April 16th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

    EU now has 25 member states.

    Ten countries, eight of them former Soviet republics, this Wednesday joined the European Union after signing an enlargement treaty in the Acropolis of Athens, symbol of democracy, taking the number of EU states to 25, the most ambitious incorporation in the last fifty years.

  • Tuesday, April 15th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

    IMF-WB appeal to rich countries

    The International Monetary Fund, IMF, and the World Bank, WB, underscored to the international community the urgency of reaching an agreement in those areas currently been discussed in the framework of the World Trade Organization, WTO, but which remain considerably delayed.

  • Tuesday, April 15th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

    US “deception” with Chile

    Democrat Congress members have requested President George Bush a quick timetable for the signing of the free trade agreement with Chile, in spite of the South American country's opposition to the war in Iraq.

  • Tuesday, April 15th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

    Breaking News

    HeadlinesOil glut in the horizon

    US consumer confidence recovering

  • Tuesday, April 15th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

    Argentine Elections.

    Headlines:
    Argentine candidates' policies towards the US.
    “Vote not to vote”.

  • Monday, April 14th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

    Argentine electorate keeps everybody guessing

    With less than two weeks for the crucial presidential election of April 27, the Argentine electorate has turned the dispute into one of the tightest and possibly most complicated election in recent history because of the dispersion of votes.

  • Friday, April 11th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

    IMF forecasts Argentina's recovery

    Argentina is forecasted to grow 3% this year and 4,5% in 2004 according to the International Monetary Fund, IMF mid year World Economic Outlook released this week in Washington.

  • Thursday, April 10th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

    Paraguay elects president April 27

    With just two weeks for the April 27 Paraguayan presidential election, ruling party candidate Nicanor Duarte Frutos leads opinion polls with 34% of vote intention followed by Liberal Party candidate Julio César Franco with 28% and an independent hopeful that musters 24%.