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Stories for December 8th 2003

• Monday, December 8th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  Chile-Colombia increase cooperation

  Colombian president Alvaro Uribe begins this Monday a two days official visit to Chile during which he will sign several cooperation, security and trade agreements.

• Monday, December 8th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  “Turn the lights off and look for another job”

  Ronald Brown, president of the Chilean Association of Exporters warned that if the exchange rate in Chile drops to 500 pesos to the US dollar then, “turn the lights off and look for another job”.

• Monday, December 8th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  FCO insists: no nuclear weapons in Argentine waters

  Great Britain reiterated this Sunday that none of the Royal Navy vessels sunk during the 1982 South Atlantic conflict with Argentina carried nuclear weapons.

• Monday, December 8th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  Landslide defeat for Uruguayan government

  The Uruguayan government suffered a landslide defeat this Sunday when 60% of a referendum electorate rejected a bill that would limit the monopoly of the government owned oil company and allow its association with foreign investors.

• Monday, December 8th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  Good prospects for Brazilian bonds. Above inflation target

  In spite of the inflation target setback, Brazil's prospects in the sovereign bond market are encouraging, “but the Central Bank is not in a hurry; the situation is becoming ever more favourable for Brazil”, said Alexandre Schwartsmann head of International Affairs of Brazil's Central Bank.

• Monday, December 8th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  Cuba opens to American oil companies

  The Cuban government underlined this Sunday it has a “no objections at all” policy towards United States oil companies wishing to look for hydrocarbons in the island's Exclusive Economic Zone, EEZ in the Gulf of Mexico area, as long as it's done on “a mutual benefit basis”.

• Monday, December 8th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  Fisheries News.

  Headlines:
  Stricter management of coastal fisheries; Chilean salmon exports targeted to increase 10%; Galician canners justify overseas investments;

• Monday, December 8th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

  “Freedom of Gibraltar” for the Royal Navy.

  The Royal Navy will be granted the Freedom of the City of Gibraltar as part of the celebrations of the Rock's Tercentenary year in 2004. Gibraltar Chief Minister Peter Caruana made announcement during the official opening of the Gibraltar Heritage Trust exhibition “The Capture of Gibraltar”.