MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for 2003
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Thursday, September 11th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Australia releases Viarsa 1 observer.
The Uruguayan scientific observer who was on board the longliner Viarsa 1 was released Wednesday 10 September and brought ashore at Cape Town, South Africa. He will be returning to Uruguay immediately.
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Wednesday, September 10th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
FIC oil partner exploring in West Africa.
An Australian consortium with interests in the Falkland Islands has started exploration drilling at the Chinguetti oilfield off the coast of Mauritania, West Africa.
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Wednesday, September 10th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina-IMF talks continue.
The Argentine government officially decided this Tuesday to suspend repayment of an IMF 2,9 billion US dollars credit that was due today. Argentina had anticipated that if an agreement, currently being discussed with the IMF was not reached by September 9 it would take this drastic action which means the country defaulted
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Wednesday, September 10th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Fisheries News.
Headlines:
Processing plant opens in Puerto Deseado
Census shows 5,607 Galician vessels authorised to fish
Chilean industry targets hoki. -
Monday, September 8th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Low interest rates for some time.
Most Wall Street operators who deal directly with the Federal Reserve in the bonds market forecast that United States interest rates will remain low for the next twelve, eighteen months, says Reuters.
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Monday, September 8th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
As broke and polarized as ever.
Venezuela's Finance Minister Tobías Nóbrega admitted that his country's economy would contract 10/11% in 2003 with inflation reaching 30%. However he anticipated the economy would expand 5% in 2004, with the non-oil sector growing 12,5%, “given the greater exchange rate flexibility expected”.
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Monday, September 8th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
US could resort to bilateralism.
United States threatened to resort to an own agenda of bilateral agreements if the current global trade negotiations in the framework of the World Trade Organization rounds are not achieved by January 2005.
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Monday, September 8th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Fujimori calls for a day of protest.
Exiled in Japan former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori has called the Peruvian population for a day of national protest next September 12.
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Monday, September 8th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Santiago patrolled by 10,000 police.
The Chilean government is running no risks and will have 10,000 police and riot forces in the streets of Santiago next September 11, the thirtieth anniversary of the 1973 military coup that violently toppled elected Socialist president Salvador Allende.
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Monday, September 8th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Hepatitis: bad news, good news.
Bad news and good news for the hepatitis “A” outbreak reported in Punta Arenas which so far involves almost twenty cases, mostly children.
