MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for 2003
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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.
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Saturday, November 8th 2003 - 20:00 UTC
Chavez promises to stay on until 2021
Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez said this Friday that he will be involved in politics until 2021 when he'll be 67. However Mr. Chávez was also quiet clear that he has no intention of leaving office until then.
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Saturday, November 8th 2003 - 20:00 UTC
“Crystal Symphony” starts cruise season in Buenos Aires
The 940 passengers of the “Crystal Symphony” officially inaugurated the 2003/04 cruise season in Argentina that this year is expecting sixty vessels with 70,000 visitors.
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Friday, November 7th 2003 - 20:00 UTC
Breaking News from Chile.
Headlines:
Ample trade surplus in Chile; Lamb, beef and pork for China; Massive blackout in Chile. -
Friday, November 7th 2003 - 20:00 UTC
Argentina confident about IMF review
Argentina is confident that the first review of the recent financial assistance agreement reached with the International Monetary Fund, IMF, will be approved.
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Friday, November 7th 2003 - 20:00 UTC
Penguin News.
Headlines:
Hansen is elected; 1982 veterans arrive today; Ship's register grows; Cruise season starts; Falklands oil exploration geologist dies. -
Thursday, November 6th 2003 - 20:00 UTC
Repsol-YPF profits strong.
The Spanish-Argentine oil company Repsol-YPF profits in the first nine months of 2003 dropped 8% reaching 1,6 billion Euros.
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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.
