MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for March 2002
-
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.
-
Tuesday, March 5th 2002 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands war victims in court
The court case brought by Falklands and other war veterans against the British Ministry of Defence has begun in London (on March 4th) with accusations that the British Government failed to protect them from the “horrors of war”.
-
Tuesday, March 5th 2002 - 21:00 UTC
Bank threat to quit Argentina
One of Britain's biggest banks, the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC), is threatening to withdraw from Argentina after full-year profits were reduced by £714 million pounds (one billion dollars) set aside against loans in the bankrupt South American country.
-
Monday, March 4th 2002 - 21:00 UTC
ENAP's profits increase
Chilean government oil company profits after tax reached 90 million US dollars during 2001, a 15% increase, according to the company's CEO Daniel Fernández.
-
Monday, March 4th 2002 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands Sea Harriers to be replaced
Sea Harrier jump jet aircraft which played such a vital role in the 1982 Falklands War are to be withdrawn from service.
-
Monday, March 4th 2002 - 21:00 UTC
Thriving Falklands.
Under the headline “Thriving Falklands”, the British newspaper Daily Mail, carries a report by Falklands Government Representative Sukey Cameron declaring: “The Falkland Islands is no longer a dependent colony, but a dynamic overseas territory of the United Kingdom”.
-
Monday, March 4th 2002 - 21:00 UTC
IMF in Buenos Aires
An International Monetary Fund delegation is expected this Tuesday in Buenos Aires to resume talks about un locking aid to Argentina and recovering international credit in the midst of one of the country's worst financial crisis in recent history.
