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  • Friday, March 14th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

    Chile proposes alternative for Security Council resolution

    Chile, a non-permanent member of the U.N. Security Council and considered a key swing vote, proposed on Friday an alternative draft resolution on Iraq containing five points intended to achieve Baghdad's disarmament and a time-frame of three weeks

  • Thursday, March 13th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

    Aninat steps down

    Eduardo Aninat Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), will leave his position in June 2003. A successor to Mr. Aninat, who joined the IMF on December 14 1999, is expected to be named in due course by IMF Managing Director Horst Köhler, said the IMF in an official release.

  • Thursday, March 13th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

    Voluntary debt restructuring in Uruguay

    Uruguayan officials will be travelling to the United States and Europe in an attempt to convince bond holders of a voluntary restructuring of the country's debt.

  • Thursday, March 13th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

    Breaking News.

    Headlines: New oil basin in Brazil; Chilean fisheries exports; FAM scare in Chile; Nothing to celebrate.

  • Wednesday, March 12th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

    President Lula asks for patience.

    Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, asked Brazilians for patience and criticised those who are “in a hurry” and the “cry babies”, because “I'm not planning to be muddled or precipitated into the needed changes”. Mr. Lula's remarks follow protests from the radical Landless Movement, a group hoping for mass land ownership reform in the country.

  • Wednesday, March 12th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

    Another major financial scandal in Chile

    Chile is in the midst of another major financial scandal involving government officials, private agents and a possible loss of over a hundred and ten million US dollars.

  • Wednesday, March 12th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

    Chile plans to double animal production

    With clear signs of farmers' optimism and promises of even more government assistance, the 51st Agriculture and Livestock Show organized by Magallanes Region cattle breeders was officially inaugurated last weekend by the Chilean Agriculture Secretary Jaime Campos.

  • Wednesday, March 12th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

    Pinochet Undergoes Tests for Pacemaker

    Former dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet underwent tests to determine whether doctors should replace the pacemaker he has had for seven years, an aide said. No decision was immediately announced on whether the 87-year-old former ruler will need a new device to control his heart beat.

  • Tuesday, March 11th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

    Venezuela's oil production returning to normal

    Venezuelan oil production, which fell to 150,000 barrels per day at the height of a two-month opposition-led strike, will reach 2.7 million bpd by the end of March, state oil company chief Ali Rodriguez said yesterday.

  • Sunday, March 9th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

    Argentine presidential race.

    Argentines will have to choose from among 15 politicians, four of them from the Peronist party, in the April 27th presidential election.