Stories for July 30th 2003

Wednesday, July 30th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

Kirchner: “Argentina is 6 miles undergound”.

President Nestor Kirchner led reporters Tuesday on a tour of “the hidden Argentina,” taking the journalists to public institutions that serve the needy.

Wednesday, July 30th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

Lagos to visit Argentina to strengthen regional links.

Chilean President Ricardo Lagos is scheduled to arrive in Buenos Aires for his first official visit to Argentina since President Nestor Kirchner took office on May 25.

Wednesday, July 30th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

Breaking News from Chile.

Headlines:
Royal Navy Patrol vessel calls in Punta Arenas. British Standard Wool Chile swindled. Punta Arenas farmers criticize privatization. Chilean beef exports booming. Unemployment in Chile stands at 9,1%.

Wednesday, July 30th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

Patagonia increasingly warm.

Patagonia is undergoing the strongest warming process ever in the last four hundred years according to a report jointly elaborated by Argentine and Chilean scientists, and published in the latest edition of the Dutch magazine, Climatic Change.

Wednesday, July 30th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

Paraguayan gov't denies knowledge of alleged plot against Castro

President Luis Gonzalez Macchi said Tuesday that Paraguay's government has no knowledge of an alleged plan to kill Cuban leader Fidel Castro, one of the dignitaries invited to the Aug. 15 inauguration of incoming chief executive Nicanor Duarte.