Stories for November 2003 , page 11

Tuesday, November 4th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

COLTO offers assistance and information to Uruguayan Gov.

The international industry group representing the world's legal toothfish operators COLTO 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.

Tuesday, November 4th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

Viarsa crew must stay in Australia, says magistrate

Crew facing illegal fishing charges after being taken into custody when their boat was apprehended in the Southern Ocean, have been refused an application to return to their country.

Tuesday, November 4th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

Argentina's Police Out Against Crime Wave

The governor of Argentina's largest province on Monday ordered 3,300 more police officers into the streets to stem crime sweeping the suburbs of Buenos Aires.

Monday, November 3rd 2003 - 20:00 UTC

New “Scorpone” submarine for Chile.

Chilean Defence Minister Michelle Bachelet and the Commander of the Navy Admiral Miguel Angel Vergara presided last Friday in the christening ceremony of the first of two French-Spanish “Scorpone” class submarines in Cherbourg, France.

Monday, November 3rd 2003 - 20:00 UTC

Uruguay vetoes Cuba's entry to Mercosur.

Argentina and Brazil want Cuba to become an associate member of Mercosur, but have come across Uruguay's negative says the latest edition of the Brazilian magazine Epoca.

Monday, November 3rd 2003 - 20:00 UTC

Argentine-Chilean military exercise cancelled

A joint military exercise involving the three armed services of Argentina and Chile had to be cancelled at last moment because the Argentine Congress did not grant approval on time claims the Buenos Aires newspaper La Nación.

Sunday, November 2nd 2003 - 20:00 UTC

Virus stricken cruise expected in Gibraltar.

The P&O British cruise liner “Aurora” with 400 passengers on board infected with a highly contagious gastro-intestinal virus is scheduled to arrive this Monday in Gibraltar on a return journey to Southampton. The “Aurora” was denied docking in Athens because of the sanitary condition.

Sunday, November 2nd 2003 - 20:00 UTC

FTAA 2005, a “realistic” goal.

Chilean Minister of Interior Jose Miguel Insulza said it was realistic to believe that the Free Trade Association of the Americas, FTAA, could be signed and operative for 2005, according to schedule.

Sunday, November 2nd 2003 - 20:00 UTC

IMF top marks for Brazil.

Brazil has amply achieved in the last quarter, the targets agreed in the current accord with the International Monetary Fund, IMF, said the Brazilian Central Bank.

Sunday, November 2nd 2003 - 20:00 UTC

Criticism for the “Buenos Aires Consensus”.

Chilean economist and former World Bank official who currently teaches in the University of California, Sebastian Edwards criticized the “Buenos Aires consensus” recently signed in Buenos Aires between Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his Argentine counterpart Nestor Kirchner.