MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for 2004
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Wednesday, March 3rd 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Fiscal flexibility for infrastructure investments
Brazilian president Lula da Silva asked this Tuesday president George Bush for US support in implementing changes in the contingent agreements reached between Latinamerican countries and the IMF.
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Wednesday, March 3rd 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Greenspan warns about Chinese financial fragility
The Chinese financial system is currently weak and the abrupt disengagement of the flotation system pegged to the US dollar could worsen the situation warned US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan in a letter to the Banking Affairs Committee of the US Senate.
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Wednesday, March 3rd 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Weak dollar will eventually correct misbalance
US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said that a weaker dollar will eventually help reduce the US growing trade deficit and again warned about the risks of “growing protectionism” for the flexibility of the world economy.
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Wednesday, March 3rd 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Kirchner: Argentina urgently needs “world reinsertion”
Argentine President Nestor Kirchner in his March 1st speech to Congress said Argentina urgently needs to reinsert itself in the globalized world and occupy its own place, balanced and dignified, acting in a credible and reliable manner.
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Wednesday, March 3rd 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina arrests Korean jigger poaching
A Korean jigger allegedly illegally operating in Argentine waters was arrested this Tuesday by an Argentine Coast Guard unit, according to an official report.
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Wednesday, March 3rd 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands fisheries income estimate down
Falkland Islands Fisheries income is likely to be 3 million pounds short of the predicted 24 million pounds for the 2003/2004 budget the Standing Finance Committee was informed last week in Stanley.
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Wednesday, March 3rd 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands, antipersonnel mines and sea patrols
The brief but rather neutral reference to the “Islas Malvinas” in Mr. Nestor Kirchner's opening address to the incoming Legislature of the Argentine Congress, (four lines out of 24 pages), is understandable because the government is facing other crucial developments such as the current struggle with the IMF and international creditors, reported reliable political sources in Buenos Aires.
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Wednesday, March 3rd 2004 - 21:00 UTC
UK flights proposal “does not satisfy Argentina”
The British counter proposal for the resumption of the suspended charter flights between the continent and the Falkland Islands “does not satisfy” Argentina, Foreign Affairs Minister Rafael Bielsa reported to Congress.
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Tuesday, March 2nd 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Chilean UN peace forces to Haiti
Chile will send 270 servicemen to help keep the peace and restore democracy in Haiti, Chilean President Ricardo Lagos announced Monday.
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Tuesday, March 2nd 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Hotel construction boom in Argentina
Ninety projects for the construction of new or refurbished hotels to be inaugurated in the next two years and involving over 250 million US dollars have been registered in the Argentine Tourist Office.
