MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for November 2003
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Tuesday, November 11th 2003 - 20:00 UTC
Wulaia, a historical cruise.
A group of Punta Arenas tourist operators have requested authorization for a cruise full of history and archaeology in the protected island of Navarino where aborigines first met English missionaries and later on visited by Fitz Roy and Charles Darwin.
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Tuesday, November 11th 2003 - 20:00 UTC
Disappointing end to illegal fishing debate.
A two week international meeting on piracy in the Southern Ocean, held in Hobart, Tasmania, ended on a disappointing note for its hosts after proposals for tighter controls against poaching were vetoed.
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Monday, November 10th 2003 - 20:00 UTC
Regional News from Pta. Arenas.
Headlines:
Argentine consulate broken in; Chilean Institute promotes Antarctica; AIDS case causes alarm in Punta Arenas; Antarctica XXI takes off December. -
Monday, November 10th 2003 - 20:00 UTC
Rift over President Kirchner's economic policies.
Argentine Minister of Interior Anibal Fernández ratified this Sunday that no public utility rates will be modified until all contracts have been reviewed, adding that those companies that did not keep to contract “will have the concession rescinded”.
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Monday, November 10th 2003 - 20:00 UTC
A more flexible FTAA.
Delegates from United States and fifteen other hemispheric countries meeting over the weekend in Virginia have apparently discovered the word “flexibility” which should help push aside fears of failure in the coming Free Trade Association of the Americas, FTAA, and ministerial summit to be held in Miami.
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Monday, November 10th 2003 - 20:00 UTC
Per capita income, 3,700 US dollars.
Argentina's per capita income after dropping 60% in 2002 will reach 3,700 US dollars in 2004, which is still below Chile and Mexico, and a mere 7% of the average Swiss per capita income.
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Monday, November 10th 2003 - 20:00 UTC
“Privatizations are successful”.
The privatization process of government companies in Latinamerica during the eighties and nineties has been overwhelmingly successful, in spite of popular perception to the contrary according to a report published by the Interamerican Development Bank, IDB.
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Monday, November 10th 2003 - 20:00 UTC
World trade remains stagnant.
World trade expanded 3% in real terms during 2002, half the annual average rate of the last decade according to a report from the World Trade Organization, “World Trade Statistics 2003” released in Geneva.
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Saturday, November 8th 2003 - 20:00 UTC
Greenpeace requests info on radioactive load
Greenpeace has once again requested Argentine Foreign Affairs officials to demand their Australian counterparts exact information as to the course of the “Fret Messelle” that is carrying nuclear waste, as well as evidence to support the statement “that the vessel will not be crossing Cape Horn”.
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Saturday, November 8th 2003 - 20:00 UTC
Kofi Annan lobbies for UN reforms.
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan said in Chile that there can be no further delays with reforms and the functioning process of the UN Security Council.
