MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for 2004
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Wednesday, December 1st 2004 - 20:00 UTC
Former Brazilian president back in the political ring
Former Brazilian president Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1995/200) accused his successor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of having no proposals to end the problems and challenges facing the country.
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Wednesday, December 1st 2004 - 20:00 UTC
Unemployment in Chile stable at 9,4%
Unemployment in Chile reached 9,4% in the August/October quarter according to the country's Statistics Institute. This represents a slight 0,6% increase over the same period a year ago and a 0,3% contraction compared to the previous quarter.
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Wednesday, December 1st 2004 - 20:00 UTC
224 million described as poor in Latinamerica
Poverty in Latinamerica and the Caribbean experienced a slight contraction, close to 1%, in 2003, although still far from reversing the general collapse of past years according to the United Nations Economic Committee for Latinamerica, Cepal.
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Wednesday, December 1st 2004 - 20:00 UTC
Nelson connection with the Falklands to be commemorated.
A special coin will be minted for the Falkland Islands to commemorate the bicentenary in October next year of the Battle of Trafalgar and the death in the battle of Admiral Horatio Nelson.
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Wednesday, December 1st 2004 - 20:00 UTC
Long term plans for Falklands port development agreed.
At the 25th November meeting of the Falkland Islands Executive Council, agreement was reached on the long term focus of port development and port operations.
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Wednesday, December 1st 2004 - 20:00 UTC
Quark pleads not guilty to illegal fishing charges.
Some of the difficulties occasionally involved in bringing a case to court in the Falkland Islands were aired today, Wednesday, when Hugh Ferguson, legal representative of local fishing company, Quark Fishing Ltd and Spanish company Freiremar AS asked for a further adjournment of the cases against his clients till the end of April or early May.
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Tuesday, November 30th 2004 - 20:00 UTC
China leads regional trade giant.
South East Asian countries and China signed this Monday in Laos a landmark trade agreement that could eventually become the greatest free trade area involving a quarter of the world's population.
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Tuesday, November 30th 2004 - 20:00 UTC
Kirchner to visit Chile in “coming days”.
Argentine Foreign Affairs Minister Rafael Bielsa said this Monday in Santiago that President Nestor Kirchner will not be visiting Chile in the “coming days” as was earlier anticipated.
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Tuesday, November 30th 2004 - 20:00 UTC
Country image and brand for Chile.
Interbrand Chile won the 150,000 US dollars contract for designing a Country Image Strategy for Chile financed by the government and private companies.
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Tuesday, November 30th 2004 - 20:00 UTC
Brazil will not intervene to bolster the US dollar.
Brazil will not intervene in the domestic money exchange market to prevent a further depreciation of the US dollar against the Real, said this Monday Henrique Meirelles, president of the Central Bank.
