Stories for October 2003 , page 10

Friday, October 10th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty is the ultimate goal.

Argentine Ambassador Federico Mirre takes up his new position as Argentine Ambassador in London next week. Mirre is a lawyer and a career diplomat. Previous foreign posts include The Vatican, Germany, France, Ivory Coast and Norway the last two where he served as Ambassador. He was born in Argentina in 1939, is married and has two daughters. He is currently director of the Western Europe Desk at the Argentine Foreign Affairs Ministry in Buenos Aires.

Friday, October 10th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

Senate Suspends Court Justice.

Argentina's Senate voted overwhelmingly Thursday to suspend a controversial Supreme Court justice, the second targeted in a high court purge led by President Nestor Kirchner.

Friday, October 10th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

Five charged with illegal fishing in Australia's sub-Antarctic waters.

The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) has charged five foreign nationals with illegal fishing following the seizure of the Uruguayan-flagged vessel Viarsa 1.

Thursday, October 9th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

Breaking News.

Headlines:
Over the South Pole in a single engine plane; American tourist demands Punta Arenas; Chileans in Santa Cruz; Magallanes,gateway to Chile; ENAP finds oil in Egypt; Compensation for missing crewmember; Praise for Lan Chile.

Thursday, October 9th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

Mercosur against extending “Peace Clause”

Mercosur will not accept an extension of the World Trade Organization, WTO, “Peace Clause” which expires next December 31 and impedes taking countries that subsidize agriculture before international tribunals.

Thursday, October 9th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

“Firmer” relationship with Islands.

In an interview published in this week's edition of Gente magazine in Argentina, Foreign Minister Rafael Bielsa talks about the country's relations with Europe and the United States and is also questioned about the Falkland Islands:

Wednesday, October 8th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

How corrupt are you perceived?

Transparency International, TI, the London based organization that fights corruption said this Tuesday that nine out of ten developing countries need practical support from overseas to help with corruption since they can't do it with their own means.

Wednesday, October 8th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

Energy industry requests “clear game rules”

The Argentine energy complex and related industries requested from the government “urgent measures to re-establish legal security and investors' trust”.

Wednesday, October 8th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

Jack mackerel and hake quotas announced.

The Zonal Fisheries Council of Chile for Regions V to VIII has approved the Fisheries Department's preliminary proposal for next year's jack mackerel and hake fisheries.

Tuesday, October 7th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

Duhalde, Mercosur's “president”.

Former Argentine president Eduardo Duhalde was nominated this Monday in Montevideo president of Mercosur's Representatives Committee, RP, a body that will have the task of coordinating different Mercosur's departments and represent the South American trade block in international negotiations.