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Stories for April 16th 2002

• Tuesday, April 16th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Oil exploration in Uruguay

  A French vessel began this week hydrocarbon exploration operations in Uruguay's continental shelf in the River Plate.

• Tuesday, April 16th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  IMF “blooper”

  The International Monetary Fund, IMF, was involved in a diplomatic “mishap” last week when it became the first multilateral institution in recognizing a Venezuelan government that lasted just over 24 hours.

• Tuesday, April 16th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile: Blame Congress

  In spite of progress in the last round of free trade talks between United States and Chile, held in Santiago, the lack of the Trade Promotion Authority, TPA, (the former “fast track”), is becoming a growing hurdle for a definitive agreement.

• Tuesday, April 16th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Falkland's dilemmas as shipwrecks crumble

  Action on whether and how some of the most important historical shipwrecks of the nineteenth century, in Stanley Harbour, can be preserved for future generations is being considered by the Falklands Government.