Stories for March 6th 2002

Wednesday, March 6th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

Chile forecasts strong recovery

Chile's Finance Minister Mr. Nicolás Eyzaguirre anticipated that the country's economy will pick up strongly in the second half of 2002, contrary to what happened in the last quarter of 2001, “the worst in several years”.

Wednesday, March 6th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

Strong US support for Duhalde

The number three man in the US State Department, Marc Grossman met this week with Argentine president Eduardo Duhalde to express Washington's support to the current Argentine government.

Wednesday, March 6th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

South America News: Air traffic increase.

Wednesday, March 6th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

Defence Secretary, Geoffrey Hoon is arriving on Monday

Wednesday, March 6th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

US condemns Brazilian police

The Brazilian police, particularly at state level, commit all sort of atrocities and are the greatest threat to human rights in the country according to the annual United States Congressional report on Human Rights.