MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for 2003
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Tuesday, April 8th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Lula's 100 first days
Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva whose administration this week reached its first one hundred days said in a national message that his tough policies avoided a “major economic disaster”.
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Tuesday, April 8th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Regional News.
Magallanes Major removed; Joint Chilean-British missile; Buenos Aires received 47 cruise vessels.
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Tuesday, April 8th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Fisheries News.
Headlines: NZ company to catch toothfish in South Georgia; Frozen fish consumption up in Spain; Modernization of canning sector; Seaweed as fish feed protein; UK must act to stop illegal fishing; Encouraging Peruvian fish exports; New rules protect Paraná fisheries
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Tuesday, April 8th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Lula exerts Brazil's leadership.
Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is pressing Mercosur partners to “revive the block's spirit” and strengthen “a joint position in international trade negotiations”.
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Tuesday, April 8th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Meat Congress in Punta del Este.
Subsidies and depressed prices.Two Mercosur delegates exposed the region's potential in meat production and the growing hurdles to international trade in these commodities particularly the European Union and United States.
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Monday, April 7th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Justicialistas, but still undecided
With just two weeks for the April 27 Argentine general election, no presidential candidate has a clear lead confirming what analysts describe as a mix of weariness, indifference and even rejection of the Argentine electorate towards the political system.
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Monday, April 7th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Tourism promotion
A five years program to promote sustainable tourism in Chilean Patagonia was announced last week in Punta Arenas.
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Monday, April 7th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
“Good cruise” season
Punta Arenas port authorities and officials from the Maritime Chamber agreed that the 2002/2003 cruise season was “good”, with sixty vessels visiting Punta Arenas and Puerto Natales between November 10 and April 4.
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Friday, April 4th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Pinochet hospitalized in Santiago
Former Chilean President Augusto Pinochet, who ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990, remained at the Santiago military hospital on Thursday, after being admitted the day before with a bad cold and a foot injury, family and medical sources said.
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Friday, April 4th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina to eliminate alternative currencies
Argentina on Thursday took a step toward fulfilling its agreement with the IMF to take out of circulation provincial-government bonds that have been used as legal tender.
