MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for October 2003
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Thursday, October 2nd 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Flat economy and record exports in Brazil.
Brazil economic growth forecast for 2003 has been cut by more than half from 1,5% to 0,6%, according to the latest quarterly report from the Central Bank.
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Thursday, October 2nd 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Mercosur-US military exercise suspended.
Argentine Foreign Affairs Secretary Rafael Bielsa announced this Wednesday the suspension in Argentina of a joint military exercise between Mercosur and United States troops scheduled for the end of October.
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Thursday, October 2nd 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Controversial celebration.
One of the leading opposition members criticized the Chilean government decision to limit celebrations of an October 1988 event that proved a turning point in Chilean history to the parties of the ruling coalition.
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Thursday, October 2nd 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Ibero-american summit in spite of protests.
Bolivian Foreign Affairs Minister Carlos Saavedra assured his Ibero-american colleagues that the current protests and unrest in Bolivia will have “no influence at all” over the next Ibero-american summit scheduled for November in Santa Cruz.
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Thursday, October 2nd 2003 - 21:00 UTC
COLTO Offers assistance and information to Uruguayan Government inquiry on toothfish pirate pursuit
The international industry group representing the world's legal toothfish operators COLTO (Coalition of Legal Toothfish Operators) has written to the Director of Uruguayan Fisheries ( DINARA) to raise its concern about statements he has been reported making about COLTO to a parliamentary inquiry investigating the Viarsa 1 incident.
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Wednesday, October 1st 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Unemployment in Punta Arenas 8,6%.
Magallanes Region recorded 8,4% unemployment in the June-August quarter, a 0,1% drop over the same period a year ago, according to the latest release from the Chilean Statistics Institute, INE. However in Punta Arenas unemployment reached 8,6%, which is higher than in other counties of the Region.
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Wednesday, October 1st 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Petrobras half century.
Petrobras the giant Brazilian government oil complex celebrates this week its fiftieth anniversary.
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Wednesday, October 1st 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Confidence in Kirchner remains strong.
Even when 64% of Argentines have a positive opinion of the Nestor Kirchner administration, the confidence index has dropped to its lowest since the former Santa Cruz governor took office May 25, almost a hundred days ago.
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Wednesday, October 1st 2003 - 21:00 UTC
“Viarsa 1” is not a “pirate vessel”
Uruguay plans to equip Uruguayan flagged fishing vessels with hermetic “black boxes” which should enable authorities in Montevideo to have the precise location of these vessels plus eliminating any possible manipulation of signals.
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Wednesday, October 1st 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Australia buys back stranded sheep in vessel.
The Australian government has agreed to buy back 50,000 sheep stranded aboard a ship in the Persian Gulf. The sheep were originally destined for Saudi Arabia but authorities refused to allow the ship to dock more than a month ago alleging an outbreak of disease among some of the animals on board.
