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Stories for 2003

• Wednesday, February 19th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Preparing for elections in Paraguay.

  Ten presidential hopefuls registered for the coming general elections in Paraguay that will be held next April 27. Nine of them are described by the Paraguayan press as conservative or populist and just one belonging to the left.

• Wednesday, February 19th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  “Marco Polo” in Antarctic emergency.

  The luxurious “Marco Polo” with 538 passengers and a crew of 320 had to return urgently to Ushuaia after experiencing three cracks in the hull while sailing in the South Shetland Islands.

• Wednesday, February 19th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Non-aggression pact in Venezuela.

  Venezuela's president Hugo Chavez administration and the opposition signed a non aggression pact aimed at defusing tensions, according to the Organisation of American States, OAS, that has been mediating in the increasingly violent and acrimonious conflict.

• Tuesday, February 18th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Greenspan cautions

  US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan warned that uncertainties over a possible war against Iraq are weakening US economic growth, creating “formidable barriers to new investment and thus to the resumption of a vigorous expansion of overall economic activity”.

• Tuesday, February 18th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Breaking News

  Headlines: Punta Arenas loosing to Ushuaia; Milk scare; Wine exports up; Ushuaia, Calafate and Puerto Madryn; Santiago airport and Lan Chile praises; The most obese in Chile.

• Tuesday, February 18th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Foreign investment drops

  Foreign investment in Chile during 2002 dropped 33% compared to 2001, from 5,622 billion US dollars to 3,768 billion, according to the country's Foreign Investments Committee vicepresident, Karen Poniachik.

• Tuesday, February 18th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Central Bank scandal

  The most trusted secretary of Chile's Central Bank president and her lover a Santiago stock exchange broker, were sentenced to jail on several accounts of bribery, fraud and violation of electronic data secrecy.

• Monday, February 17th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Joint tourist promotion

  Argentina and Uruguay Ministers of Tourism Daniel Scioli and Pedro Bordaberry signed a “Memorandum of understanding” by which they commit both countries to a joint promotion of the area and its attractions “without loosing national identity”.

• Monday, February 17th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Regional News from Pta. Arenas.

  Headlines:Improving lamb breeding; Cholera alert in Santiago; Chilean finances in the red; Free trade agreement with Korea; Farmers' week; Joint Antarctic patrolling.

• Sunday, February 16th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  “Deeply concerned” with Bolivia

  United States said it was “deeply concerned” with the violent incidents of last week in Bolivia involving police forces and the Army that have left at least twenty seven dead and much damage to property as a result of “civilian vandalism”.