MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for September 2003
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Sunday, September 7th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Hog FAM in northern Argentina.
Brazil and Uruguay banned all meats and live animal imports from Argentina following the confirmation of an outbreak of foot and mouth, FAM, disease among hogs in the northern province of Salta close to be Bolivian border.
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Sunday, September 7th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Tied election prospect in Buenos Aires.
With less than a week for Sunday September 14 crucial runoff election the two candidates for Mayor of the city of Buenos Aires are technically tied according to the latest poll published in the Argentine press.
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Saturday, September 6th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
HMS Sheffield became “Almirante Williams”
The Chilean Navy officially took possession this Friday of the decommissioned British frigate HMS Sheffield purchased to the United Kingdom and which will now be identified as “Almirante Williams”.
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Saturday, September 6th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Strong rebound of the Chilean peso
A record drop experienced the US dollar in Santiago's money markets with the exchange rate going from 700 to 680 pesos in just two weeks.
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Friday, September 5th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
A complicated election.
Santa Fe province, Argentina's fourth strongest electoral circumscription is going to the polls this Sunday becoming another testing ground for President Nestor Kirchner and the ruling Justicialista party.
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Friday, September 5th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Chile, “a country of consensuses”.
Chile is a country of consensus which has left behind the polarization of thirty years ago that led to the bloody military coup of September 11, 1973, although there are still some totalitarian enclaves, legacy of the Pinochet regime, said Chilean president Ricardo Lagos.
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Friday, September 5th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Hepatitis in Punta Arenas.
Eight cases of hepatitis have been confirmed in the last two weeks in Punta Arenas. The Regional Officer of the Epidemiology and Statistics Unit Eduardo Velasquez said that so far this year 13 cases of hepatitis A have been reported compared to 17 during the whole of 2002.
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Friday, September 5th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
UVR red and yellow “lights”
Punta Arenas Regional Public Health Ministry Office reinstated this week the ultra violet radiation, UVR, forecast to protect local residents and keep them away from harmful solar exposure.
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Friday, September 5th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Breaking News.
Headlines:
Argentine August inflation flat
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Friday, September 5th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
World Bank puts pressure on Argentina.
The World Bank estimates the Argentine economy this year will expand 5% and to sustain that rate of growth will need new investments and consequently increase public utility rates and further advance in pending structural reforms.
