Stories for 2002 , page 49

Tuesday, May 21st 2002 - 21:00 UTC

20th Anniversary of British landings at San Carlos

?So he passed over and all the trumpets sounded for him on the other side'.
These poignant words are written on the tombstone of Private F F Slough 2nd Battalion Parachute Regiment, whose body lies in the cemetery at San Carlos, East Falklands.

Tuesday, May 21st 2002 - 21:00 UTC

Breaking News

Too many immigrants / Chile after new trade links / “I feel am a gaucho” / Another trouble spot? / US spurs trade round with Chile / Extra digit in Chilean cellular

Monday, May 20th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

All eyes set on Colombia

With less than a week before next Sunday's Colombian presidential election the candidate that has promised an iron fist fight against the guerrilla movement, Alvaro Uribe, leads comfortably with 49,3% of vote intention, more than doubling his runner up, Mr. Horacio Serpa with 23%, according to a poll published in Bogotá's main daily newspaper, El Tiempo.

Monday, May 20th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

Controversy over the IMF

Argentine public opinion is split down quiet evenly regarding the convenience or not of reaching an agreement with the International Monetary Fund to obtain much needed financial assistance to overcome the current crisis.

Monday, May 20th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

Try again Jimmy

US President George Bush is expected this week to adopt a harder line towards Cuba leaving no doubts as to where his administration stands following the bridge-building historic visit of former president Jimmy Carter, who during a speech in Havana, called for more civil liberties in the island but also the lifting of the forty years US trade and communications embargo.

Monday, May 20th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

Joint Argentine-British exercises

Britain and Argentine are to resume next year joint search and rescue exercises in the South Atlantic, following the fifth Round of Defense Cooperation Contacts and eleventh Military Contacts Meeting held in London two weeks ago.

Thursday, May 16th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

Hot News from South America

“I'm coming back” promises Fujimori / Nobel Prize questions IMF / Three reasons

Wednesday, May 15th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

US farm bill condemned

The Cairns Group, Mercosur and other Latinamerican countries highly dependent on agricultural commodities condemned United States for a bill that will hand out 190 billion US dollars to US farmers during the next ten years.

Wednesday, May 15th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

Madrid Summit

The Latinamerican-European Union summit to be held this week in Madrid, a step more towards the attainment of a “strategic association agreement” between the two blocks, is expected to announce the conclusion of talks for a free trade agreement with Chile and the updating of a similar successful agreement with Mexico.

Wednesday, May 15th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

Falklands Poignant Personal Memories

Of all the books written about the Falklands War ? now several hundred in the United Kingdom and Argentina ? none captures the mood in so personal a way as “Memories of the Falklands” because it brings together the vivid recollections of 66 diverse individuals.