Stories for September 23rd 2004

Thursday, September 23rd 2004 - 21:00 UTC

Bielsa: Argentina may chair Security Council

Argentine Foreign Minister Rafael Bielsa yesterday said that as from next year Argentina may chair the United Nations' 15-member Security Council, the agency in charge of preventing armed conflicts worldwide.

Thursday, September 23rd 2004 - 21:00 UTC

”This is the only offer we'll make'

President Néstor Kirchner, speaking before the Council of the Americas in New York, yesterday bluntly reaffirmed that his government is only ready to repay 25 percent of the roughly 90 billion dollars Argentina defaulted on nearly three years ago amid its deepest economic crisis in history.

Thursday, September 23rd 2004 - 21:00 UTC

Dialogue on flights could be reopened.

Argentina could restart negotiations with the United Kingdom to establish scheduled commercial flights between the continent and the Falklands/Malvinas Islands, an objective that appears and disappears with regularity from the bilateral agenda.