Stories for November 5th 2003

Wednesday, November 5th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

Lula seeks new agreement with IMF

Brazil announced it will seek a new agreement with the IMF to replace the current one that expires in December, and revealed that First Managing Director Anne Krueger will be arriving this Wednesday to begin negotiations.

Wednesday, November 5th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

US speeds the pace of FTAA.

United States is speeding the pace of the Free Trade Association of the Americas, FTAA and anticipated that the mini-summit of this coming weekend in Washington will help define the final accord, expected to become effective January 2005. Just in case it promised bilateral trade agreements to all those countries of the region who contribute to liberalize trade.

Wednesday, November 5th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

Outrage in Argentina with spate of kidnapping.

Argentine police were holding Tuesday night at least seven suspects they captured in a raid after 22-year-old kidnap victim Pablo Belluscio was returned to his family.

Wednesday, November 5th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

Argentina determined to have Cuba in Mercosur

Argentina will pressure Mercosur partner Uruguay to drop its “intransigent” opposition to the idea of offering Cuba membership in the regional trade block, according to Argentine ambassador in Havana Raul Taleb.