MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for May 12th 2003
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Monday, May 12th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Anti-Menem vote consolidates,
As a robust anti-Menem tendency seems to consolidate in the Argentine electorate, front runner in the presidential election Nestor Kirchner confessed this weekend to the Buenos Aires press that in his wildest dreams he never expected to become president in 2003.
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Monday, May 12th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Inflation in Uruguay.
Consumer prices in Uruguay increased 0,95% during April bringing the first quarter total to 5,52% and 27,68% for the last twelve months, according to the latest release from the Statistics Office.
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Monday, May 12th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Lula and Duhalde in Batlle's agenda
A busy week ahead for Uruguayan president Jorge Batlle who is travelling to Brasilia to meet with Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, president of Latinamerica's largest and most influential country that has begun a strong regional political integration persuasion policy, hoping to muster sufficient support in South America to counterbalance the powerful George Bush administration.
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Monday, May 12th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Mercosur-USA 4+1 talks.
Argentina and Uruguay will attempt to launch the 4+1 agreement talks, between Mercosur and United States, since the Free Trade of the Americas Association, FTAA, and process seems to be stagnant. The initiative should take place during the second half of 2003 when Uruguay will hold the Mercosur pro-tempore chair.
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Monday, May 12th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
China in the G8.
Beijing officials have confirmed that China will be participating in the G 8 summit to be hosted next month by France. French Prime Minister Jean Pierre Raffarin invited Chinese President Hu Jintao during a visit to China last month.
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Monday, May 12th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Chile destroys mines stockpile
The Chilean Army completed last week in Punta Arenas the destruction of its stockpile of antipersonnel mines stored in the south of the country which totaled 109,058 explosives.
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Monday, May 12th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
First pre-emergency pollution alert for 2003 in Santiago.
The Chilean government on Sunday announced the year's first pre-emergency environmental alert with the aim of protecting the health of the capital's six million residents, due to the high level of pollutants detected in the atmosphere.
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Monday, May 12th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
US Airways o buy jets from Canada, Brazil.
US Airways has struck a $4.3bn deal to buy at least 170 regional jets from Bombardier of Canada and Embraer of Brazil just weeks after emerging from bankruptcy.
