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Stories for 2004

• Sunday, January 11th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Gibraltar News.

  Headlines:
  Blair will not participate of Tercentenary; Gibraltar constitutional review only with “Spanish consent”; GibTele sues European Commission; Surprise visit of Madrid British Ambassador to the Rock; Trail link between Europe and Africa.

• Sunday, January 11th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  “Restructuring plans” for Royal Navy confirmed.

  The Royal Navy insisted that no decisions had been made about reductions to its fleet, amid reports that it was set to lose four major warships in the next three months.

• Sunday, January 11th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Brazilian record farm export.

  Brazilian agriculture exports established a record in 2003 having reached 30,6 billion US dollars thus contributing to the country's overall trade surplus, reported Brazil Ministry of Agriculture Production and Commercialization Office.

• Sunday, January 11th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Strong increase in Magallanes tourism.

  The influx of foreign tourists to Magallanes Region experienced a strong 36% expansion during 2003 according to the Chilean International Police and Migration Office statistics.

• Sunday, January 11th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentina rebuilds IMF relation.

  The International Monetary Fund finally approved the first review of the accord signed with Argentina last September, and without modifying a “iota” according to the Argentine government. However the approval comes three weeks later than expected because of the “difficult” relation between both sides.

• Friday, January 9th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Penguin News Update

  Headlines:
  Memorial moves closer; No agreement reached over charter flights; Charter companies replace Tristar; Malvina House sold; Cruise visits this week.

• Friday, January 9th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  U.S. tourists cancel trips to Brazil.

  Some U.S. tourists have begun cancelling their trips to Brazil as a result of additional security measures adopted at Brazilian airports, O Globo daily reported Thursday.

• Friday, January 9th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Brazil wants OAS nations to be exempted from new US screening

  Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim has urged US Secretary of State Colin Powell to exempt citizens of Brazil and other Organization of American States (OAS) countries from the air travel security checks that his government considers abusive.

• Friday, January 9th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Chile: No way will we give Bolivia sovereign access to sea

  In the face of a renewed Bolivian bid for a piece of Pacific coastline, Chile said Thursday it is willing to talk about access and cooperation, but that Bolivia can forget about obtaining sovereignty over any piece of what is now Chile.

• Thursday, January 8th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Rio demands end of fingerprinting for US tourists

  Rio do Janeiro fearing an impact on its tourist industry is strongly lobbying for the elimination of a federal court decision instructing Brazilian police to photograph and fingerprint all visiting U.S. citizens.