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Stories for 2001

• Monday, July 30th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Tony Blair in Brazil .

  British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived this Monday in Brasilia beginning a historic visit to Latinamerica's three most influential countries amid growing concerns that financial turbulence in the area could spill to the rest of the world.

• Sunday, July 29th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Bolivian president resigns.

  Bolivian president Hugo Banzer seriously ill with cancer and under medical treatment in United States will officially resign next August 6th., the country's independence day.

• Sunday, July 29th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Toledo pledges full-scale war on poverty.

  With twelve heads of state present and the full support of the international community, Alejandro Toledo, the shoe shine boy turned economist and the first native Indian origin Peruvian president, took office Saturday July 28th. in Lima, pledging a full scale war on poverty.

• Saturday, July 28th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Mini Mercosur summit.

• Saturday, July 28th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Hot News from South America.

• Wednesday, July 25th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  1982 Falklands paratrooper's High Court action. Judge rules on newspaper publishing war allegations

  Echoes of allegations that British troops shot Argentine prisoners of war after they had surrendered in the 1982 Falklands Conflict have been heard in the British High Court, which has rejected a defamation action against a Spanish newspaper group, Unidad Editorial SA.

• Wednesday, July 25th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Antarctic Secretariat: Britain plans “gentle pressure” for Argentina to modernise its Antarctic scie

  Following the completion of the annual meeting of the Antarctic Treaty nations in St Petersburg, Russia, the head of the Polar regions Section at the British Foreign Office has been discussing the decision to base the Treaty's secretariat in Buenos Aires

• Monday, July 23rd 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Fed rate drop saves Uruguay 90 Million

• Monday, July 23rd 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  New Zeland trade delagation.

  A New Zeland trade delegation headed by Prime Minister Helen Clark, other government officials and representatives from the country's main industries will visit Mercosur members next November.

• Monday, July 23rd 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Breaking News from South America.