Stories for July 2nd 2002

Tuesday, July 2nd 2002 - 21:00 UTC

South America News

Headlines:
Green light from the US Treasury; A more sober Argentina; Foreign investment in Chile collapses; Warning from “The New York Times”

Tuesday, July 2nd 2002 - 21:00 UTC

Ascension Island campaign for democracy. Angry petition to UK Foreign Office

Ascension Island, the mid-Atlantic staging post for UK-Falkland Islands air services, is the focus of an increasingly bitter constitutional dispute between the Foreign Office in London and the island's 850 inhabitants.

Tuesday, July 2nd 2002 - 21:00 UTC

IMF admits financial “nervousness”

The International Monetary Fund, IMF, said today that negotiations with Argentina regarding credit assistance have received a renewed thrust and anticipated several missions will be travelling to Buenos Aires to support the new situation.