A second weekly Lan Chile flight between the Falkland Islands and Punta Arenas is out of the question, reports Buenos Aires daily Clarín in its Monday edition.
Chilean Foreign Secretary Soledad Alvear this Monday formally apologized to the Argentine Ambassador in the name of the Chilean government, for the military espionage attempt at the Argentine consulate in Punta Arenas.
Falkland Islanders have been praised by the Governor, Mr Howard Pearce, for being a very warm, hospitable, welcoming community. He says he greatly enjoys his fascinating job.
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.
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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Argentine consulate broken in; Chilean Institute promotes Antarctica; AIDS case causes alarm in Punta Arenas; Antarctica XXI takes off December.
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all contracts have been reviewed, adding that those companies that did not keep to contract will have the concession rescinded.
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.
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.
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.