MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for 2004
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Thursday, November 11th 2004 - 20:00 UTC
Latin America quick to dance to China's tune.
Perspectives on China's growing links with Latin America highlighted by this week's visit to the region of Chinese president Hu Jintao could not be more different
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Wednesday, November 10th 2004 - 20:00 UTC
S. American Community comes to light December 9
The South American Community of Nations has a founding date, next December 9 in Ayacucho, Peru, according to the Mercosur Permanent Representatives Committee President Eduardo Duhalde.
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Wednesday, November 10th 2004 - 20:00 UTC
Reforms anticipated in World Bank.
US President George Bush re-election is expected to bring pressure on multilateral credit organizations for stricter monitoring of loans and most probably the naming of a new president in the World Bank.
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Wednesday, November 10th 2004 - 20:00 UTC
Chinese president on official trip to Latin America.
Chinese President Hu Jintao embarked Wednesday on a two-week tour of Latin America that includes stops in Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Cuba, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
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Wednesday, November 10th 2004 - 20:00 UTC
Argentine-British exercise in South Atlantic no surprise to FI Councillors.
British military sources on the Falkland Islands confirmed yesterday earlier reports (MercoPress 8 November) of joint Argentine-British search and rescue exercises in the South Atlantic.
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Tuesday, November 9th 2004 - 20:00 UTC
Castro and Chavez exchange compliments.
The official Cuban media called Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's surprise visit to his friend and colleague Fidel Castro “an extraordinary and generous” fraternity gesture.
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Tuesday, November 9th 2004 - 20:00 UTC
“Chavitos”, Cuba's new convertible currency
The Cuban Convertible Peso, CUC, or “chavitos” as they are called locally became effective this Monday substituting the widely circulated U.S. dollar, with the Central Bank stating that control over the nation's money circulation underlines sovereignty and helps order money liquidity.
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Tuesday, November 9th 2004 - 20:00 UTC
Bush confirms official visit to Chile.
Chilean president Ricardo Lagos confirmed that recently re-elected president George Walker Bush will be making an official state visit to Chile following the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, APEC, scheduled November 19 in Santiago.
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Tuesday, November 9th 2004 - 20:00 UTC
Mercosur ministers address animal and plant health
Mercosur Agriculture ministers are meeting in Santiago to consider sanitary policies in the framework of the Agriculture Council of the South or CAS.
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Tuesday, November 9th 2004 - 20:00 UTC
“Cruzex” air exercise in northeast Brazil
A joint air exercise with the participation of Air Forces from several South American countries, South Africa and France began this Monday in the northeast of Brazil.
