Stories for February 2004 , page 10

Thursday, February 5th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

Chilean politics reshuffle

Even when Chilean president Ricardo Lagos mandate extends until 2006, several potential candidates to succeed him are lining up, the last of which Minister of Interior Miguel Angel Insulza, better known in Chilean politics as the “panzer”.

Thursday, February 5th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

Salvage of Graf Spee range finder

This Friday, weather permitting the German battleship Admiral Graf Spee, scuttled off the coast of Uruguay at the beginning of World War II, will be revealing another of its secrets that has been resting in the muddy waters of the River Plate for decades.

Thursday, February 5th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

DAP helicopter rescues lost tourists

Two foreign tourists that has been missing for a month were rescued by a DAP helicopter during a routine commercial flight.

Thursday, February 5th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

Massive intoxication with molluscs in Chile

The massive intoxication of 125 people with contaminated molluscs from Puerto Montt has forced Chilean sanitary and food authorities to impose strict traceability and origin certification of all sea food transport and retailing.

Thursday, February 5th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

Rapprochement in FTAA meeting

A decade after the United States launched the idea of creating a Free Trade Association of the Americas, FTAA, encompassing from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, the 34 nations of the region (except Cuba) are beginning to approach a consensus on the terms for the January 2005 deadline.

Thursday, February 5th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

Argentina insists with 75% debt reduction

Argentina insists with a 75% cut in its standing defaulted debt of approximately 88 billion US dollars.

Wednesday, February 4th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

Festival Cruises arrested in Gibraltar

A third cruise liner belonging to Festival Cruises has been arrested in Gibraltar reports The Gibraltar Chronicle“. The ”Azur” is a 33-year-old, 15,000 tonne cruise liner registered in Panama has a capacity for 720 passengers and 330 crew members.

Wednesday, February 4th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

Court martial upholds ruling

A Chilean Army Court Martial unanimously confirmed the indictment of four servicemen from the Austral Military Region, (Magallanes) involved in the breaking in and espionage of the Argentine consulate in Punta Arenas last November 9.

Wednesday, February 4th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

France will support Argentina in IMF vote

French Foreign Affairs minister Dominique de Villepin currently visiting South America assured Argentine president Nestor Kirchner that France will support Argentina in the IMF Board meeting when the second review of fiscal targets next March, according to Cabinet Chief Alberto Fernández.

Wednesday, February 4th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

Strong Euro, but not too much?

European Finance ministers will support a strong Euro policy, although contrary to an excessive appreciation of the common currency.