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• Wednesday, September 21st 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina: Missing child 81 found.

  The Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo yesterday announced the identification of another child abducted at birth by the military dictatorship of 1976-83 and illegally offered for adoption.

• Wednesday, September 21st 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  ?Argentina an ally on several fronts'

  Speaking so soon after President Néstor Kirchner's presence at the 60th General Assembly of the United Nations, British Ambassador John Hughes thought that “UN at the crossroads” might be as suitable an umbrella topic as any but soon found that there was more than one dish on the Club de la Unión Nacional menu.

• Tuesday, September 20th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Punta del Este surges as cruise calling point

  Uruguay expects a busy 2005/06 cruise season with the port of Montevideo operating as the hub but incorporating the Atlantic resort of Punta del Este as a growing calling point more than trebling the number of visitors.

• Tuesday, September 20th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  OPEC considers world oil market “well supplied”

  Oil Petroleum Exporting Countries ministers consider the world oil market is “well supplied” but will attempt to help stabilize prices which are “too high” and are beginning to have an impact in the world economy.

• Tuesday, September 20th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Fearing inflation pressures Fed raises basic rate to 3,75%

  The United States Federal Reserve on Tuesday raised interest rates for the 11th straight time arguing that the effects of Hurricane Katrina for the overall economy will be temporary. The new basic rate now stands at 3,75%, a 25 points increase.

• Tuesday, September 20th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Morales promises legalization of Bolivian coca crops

  Bolivian peasant leader Evo Morales who has a comfortable lead in vote preference for next December's presidential race said that if elected he would legalize growing coca which is the raw material for cocaine.

• Monday, September 19th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Magallanes and Tasmania in joint Antarctic research

  The University of Magallanes has been invited to be part of the International Antarctic Institute, IAI, a world academia organization which will specialize in under and post graduate Antarctic studies and currently has its temporary seat in the University of Tasmania, Hobbart, Australia.

• Monday, September 19th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Venezuelan president Chavez campaigns in Hispanic Bronx

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez campaigned during the weekend among Hispanics in New York and ordered his aides to draft a project to clean the waterway in the Bronx.
  Chavez made the announcement while visiting a community centre in the Bronx which is dedicated to improving living conditions in the heavily Hispanic neighbourhood.

• Monday, September 19th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Two Argentines lost in Antarctic crevasse

  Two Argentines out of a group of five remain lost in an Antarctic crevasse in King George Island, while the other three were rescued on Sunday by a Chilean Air Force helicopter.

• Monday, September 19th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Catholic Church calls Chilean wealth distribution “scandalous”

  Santiago's archbishop Cardinal Francisco Javier Errazuriz called on Chilean authorities to work for “fairness, solidarity and the needy”, describing the national wealth distribution as “scandalous”.