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Stories for December 2002

• Friday, December 27th 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentina expects record tourist season

  Argentina is expecting record numbers of tourists during the Southern Hemisphere's summer season, officials said Thursday.

• Wednesday, December 25th 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  Beaking News

  Headlines: Argentine Central Bank halts dollar transactions; Foreign investment in Chile down 62 percent; Venezuelan strike pushes up prices of Ecuadorian crude; Court Releases Argentine Media Tycoon.

• Tuesday, December 24th 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  Brazil's President-Elect Names Cabinet

  President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva completed his cabinet Monday, naming 12 new ministers including a former presidential rival and a popular musician.

• Tuesday, December 24th 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  Falklands tourist industry net £1.5 million

  The net contribution of the tourism industry to the economy of the Falklands is now in excess of £1,500,000 per annum, according to a recent report by Councillor Mike Summers to the Legislative.

• Monday, December 23rd 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentina starts to see positive signs

  A year ago Monday, Argentina committed the biggest sovereign debt default in history. Last week it claimed the country's four-year recession was over.

• Sunday, December 22nd 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  Falklands new Governor anxious to ensure “Good Governance”.

  The Falklands newly appointed Governor, Howard Pearce CVO, has no plans to visit Argentina during his 3 years term in office. Mr. Pearce, who spent several years working in the British Embassy in Buenos Aires during the 1970's, said, ?I would want to be sensitive to local concerns and I sense that people here would not be particularly enthusiastic about the Governor visiting Argentina'.

• Sunday, December 22nd 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  Venezuela tanker delivers oil shipment

  Oil workers and a crew loyal to the government of Hugo Chávez, the Venezuelan president, began unloading fuel on Sunday from the Pilín León, a strike-bound tanker containing 280,000 barrels of gasoline, at a distribution terminal near the western city of Maracaibo.

• Saturday, December 21st 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentina: IMF Lending Program; Riot Anniversary

• Friday, December 20th 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  Stranded Argentine naval surgeon back for Christmas

  Six months after volunteering to remain aboard a German transport vessel stranded in Antarctica an Argentine Navy doctor is scheduled to return home in time for Christmas

• Friday, December 20th 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  OAS: Venez. govt and opposition talk of election for first time

  OAS Secretary General Cesar Gaviria announced Thursday that Venezuelan government and opposition representatives spoke for the first time about an electoral solution to the country's ongoing political crisis.