MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for 2003
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Friday, April 4th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Fisheries News.
Headlines: Global conference on deep sea fisheries; New Marine Reserve Bill creates a furore; NZ marine farmers unsettled by delays in reforms;
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Friday, April 4th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Penguin News Update
Headlines: St. Brandon owners may be next coastal shippers; Meat meets problem; Immigration changes; Quality of life kept; Suspicious package proves harmless.
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Friday, April 4th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Actualización Penguin News
Titulares: St Brandon podría ser el próximo operador costero; Problemas con la carne; Cambios migratorios; Calidad de vida y presupuesto; Falsa alarma con paquete sospechoso.
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Friday, April 4th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Iraq pushes Chilean inflation
Education and fuel prices pushed the March retail prices index in Chile to 1,2%, and the accumulated inflation of the last twelve months to 4,5%, the highest since 1991.
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Friday, April 4th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
New Central Bank Councillor
Chilean president Ricardo Lagos proposed a renowned independent economist with international experience, Vittorio Corbo, as Central Bank Councillor, the first step to nominate the next president of the institution following Mr. Carlos Massad resignation that becomes effective May 1.
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Friday, April 4th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Duhalde campaigns for Kirchner
Argentine caretaker president Eduardo Duhalde abandoned his so far impartial and distant stand and openly campaigned for Néstor Kirchner, presidential candidate for the coming April 27 election.
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Thursday, April 3rd 2003 - 21:00 UTC
To Antarctica and back during 30 years.
THE British Antarctic Survey (BAS) loses a unique character this month, with the retirement of Captain Stuart Lawrence.
Captain Lawrence (59), who has visited the Antarctic every summer for the past thirty-three years, made his final Antarctic voyage in charge of the RRS Ernest Shackleton last month. -
Thursday, April 3rd 2003 - 21:00 UTC
“Malvinas are and will be Argentine”
Argentine president Eduardo Duhalde speaking in Puerto Madryn during the main commemoration of the Argentine landing in the Falklands 21 years ago that led to the full fledged 1982 South Atlantic conflict said that the “Malvinas have been, are and will be Argentine”. However he repeatedly insisted that the Argentines are committed to peace.
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Thursday, April 3rd 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Poll: Brazilian President Very Popular
After three months in office, leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva enjoys widespread popularity, according to a opinion poll released Wednesday.
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Thursday, April 3rd 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Two candidates favour contacts with Islanders
The five main candidates for the Argentine presidential election next May 25 favour intensifying diplomatic actions to recover the Falkland Islands and all similarly criticize the current caretaker administration of President Duhalde for its “passivity” regarding the issue.
