Stories for June 1st 2004

Tuesday, June 1st 2004 - 21:00 UTC

Top marks for Kirchner and Uribe

Argentina's Nestor Kirchner and Colombia's Alvaro Uribe are the Latinamerican presidents with the best performance record in 2004 according to the latest opinion poll from the Ibero-American Governance Barometer which covers 17 countries.

Tuesday, June 1st 2004 - 21:00 UTC

Decisive week for Kirchner and bondholders

Argentine president Nestor Kirchner returned this Monday to his office in Casa Rosada after suffering a strong strain of influenza that kept him away for several days including his participation in the European Union-Latinamerican summit in Mexico.

Tuesday, June 1st 2004 - 21:00 UTC

And next December, “Samba 01”

Brazil's presidential Air Force One to be delivered next December will be equipped with a sophisticated communications and security system and a presidential desk that will enable the Brazilian head of government to rule from the air.

Tuesday, June 1st 2004 - 21:00 UTC

Brazil businessmen expect higher inflation

Brazil's financial markets expect the annual inflation target to advance from 6,36% to 6,50% following the latest data about retail and wholesale price indexes, according to a poll among the country's main one hundred companies and published by Focus from the Central Bank.

Tuesday, June 1st 2004 - 21:00 UTC

Aerolineas Argentinas expansion program

Aerolíneas Argentinas, now Spanish owned, will be investing 558 million US dollars in the next five years to renew its fleet, vice-president Jose Maria Llodrá announced in Buenos Aires.

Tuesday, June 1st 2004 - 21:00 UTC

Chilean meat sales will reach 350 million US dollars

The Chilean meat industry will be exporting 350 million US dollars in 2004 announced Agriculture Minister Arturo Barrera Miranda during the recent Expo-Carne and the biennial meeting of the industry held in Santiago's Machopo Station.

Tuesday, June 1st 2004 - 21:00 UTC

US-Central America free trade market

United States and five Central American countries signed last Friday a free trade association, CAFTA, which once it becomes effective, following Congressional approvals, will liberate 80% of bilateral trade that in 2003 reached 23 billion US dollars.

Tuesday, June 1st 2004 - 21:00 UTC

Brazil sends peace keeping contingent to Haiti

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva saw off this Monday 150 Brazilian servicemen who will be part of the new United Nations multilateral peacekeeping force in Haiti

Tuesday, June 1st 2004 - 21:00 UTC

Falklands licence refund policy is accepted

The Falkland Islands Legislative Council Fisheries Committee met in Stanley to consider the Illex squid licence refund and heard a brief preliminary report from some participants in the recent aquaculture fact-finding trip to Ireland and Scotland.