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Stories for 2004

  • Thursday, November 18th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

    Last three “Maya V” crewmembers fined and deported.

    Three Uruguayan crewmembers from the longliner “Maya V”, caught illegally fishing, and who had pleaded not guilty were sentenced Wednesday by an Australian Court in Perth to pay a 750 US dollars fine plus 350 US dollars prosecution costs.

  • Thursday, November 18th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

    Falkland Islands Constitution review process continues.

    On 9th November, the Falkland Islands Legislature's Select Committee on the Constitution published a paper outlining its activities since its establishment in April 2000.

  • Wednesday, November 17th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

    IVM foundation organizing new meeting

    International Village Meetings, IVP, a foundation dedicated to bringing together and integrating teenagers from Argentina, Chile and Falkland Islands, and which suspended activities in 2001 when the collapse of the Argentine economy is back recruiting volunteers for another meeting in the coming months.

  • Wednesday, November 17th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

    Latinamerican growth prospects soar

    Latinamerica and the Caribbean will be expanding 4,7% in 2004, a full percentage point more that last April's forecast according to the World Bank.

  • Wednesday, November 17th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

    Most legal residents in Spain from Latinamerica

    The number of legal immigrants in Spain at the end of last September reached over 1,8 million, that is 12,1% above last January and with Latin-Americans as the most numerous community according to a report from the Immigration Standing Observatory released Tuesday in Madrid.

  • Wednesday, November 17th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

    US promises draconian budget to reduce deficit

    United States is determined to reduce its budget deficit said Treasury Secretary John Snow who admitted that the current misbalance is “too significant”.

  • Wednesday, November 17th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

    China will finance Argentine infrastructure

    China announced Tuesday in Buenos Aires that it intends to invest 19,7 billion US dollars in Argentina over the next decade with the money going mainly into infrastructure projects and home building.

  • Tuesday, November 16th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

    South America's defence expenditure lowest in the world.

    Latinamerica is the world's region that less spends on defence as percentage of GDP, according to a report on the Military Balance of South America to be released this week in Buenos Aires and Quito, Ecuador.

  • Tuesday, November 16th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

    Lan Chile advances check in time.

    Because of the strict security measures for this week's Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit to be held in Santiago, Lan Chile warns passengers that check in time both for domestic and international flights has been advanced to avoid potential difficulties or delays reaching the airport.

  • Tuesday, November 16th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

    Santiago, the world's hub for two days.

    After a full year of preparations during which Chile hosted over 5,000 delegates from 21 different countries and six meetings at ministerial level, the culminating stage of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum began this week.