MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for February 2003
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Thursday, February 20th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Hot News from Argentina & Brazil.
Headlines: Argentina rejects war on Iraq; Brazil hikes interest rate; Pro Mercosur Ambassador.
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Thursday, February 20th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Fisheries News.
Headlines: Chubut vessel owners warned: no records, no permit; Argentina's tariffs hit Ecuadorian tuna; Fisheries development top priority for Brazil; Scientists cracking white shrimp genetic code; Shellfish sector considers industrial seed production; WWF warns fish farming eating into wild fish stocks.
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Wednesday, February 19th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Kofi Annan appeals to G 24.
Kofi Annan, UN Secretary General has called on the administering Powers of listed colonies and the UN Committee of 24 to work together in the search for “innovative and practical ways to reinvigorate the decolonisation process and enable us to close this unfinished chapter in history.”
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Wednesday, February 19th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Tough FTAA negotiation round.
United States multilateral and bilateral approach to tariff reductions and its insistence in protecting US farm subsidies in the framework of the current Free Trade Association of the Americas talks in Panama have stalled agriculture negotiations.
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Wednesday, February 19th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Preparing for elections in Paraguay.
Ten presidential hopefuls registered for the coming general elections in Paraguay that will be held next April 27. Nine of them are described by the Paraguayan press as conservative or populist and just one belonging to the left.
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Wednesday, February 19th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
“Marco Polo” in Antarctic emergency.
The luxurious “Marco Polo” with 538 passengers and a crew of 320 had to return urgently to Ushuaia after experiencing three cracks in the hull while sailing in the South Shetland Islands.
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Wednesday, February 19th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Non-aggression pact in Venezuela.
Venezuela's president Hugo Chavez administration and the opposition signed a non aggression pact aimed at defusing tensions, according to the Organisation of American States, OAS, that has been mediating in the increasingly violent and acrimonious conflict.
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Tuesday, February 18th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Greenspan cautions
US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan warned that uncertainties over a possible war against Iraq are weakening US economic growth, creating “formidable barriers to new investment and thus to the resumption of a vigorous expansion of overall economic activity”.
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Tuesday, February 18th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Breaking News
Headlines: Punta Arenas loosing to Ushuaia; Milk scare; Wine exports up; Ushuaia, Calafate and Puerto Madryn; Santiago airport and Lan Chile praises; The most obese in Chile.
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Tuesday, February 18th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Foreign investment drops
Foreign investment in Chile during 2002 dropped 33% compared to 2001, from 5,622 billion US dollars to 3,768 billion, according to the country's Foreign Investments Committee vicepresident, Karen Poniachik.
