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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.

• 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.

• Tuesday, March 2nd 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Peru warns about an arms race in the Pacific

  Peruvian and Chilean officials will be meeting in Santiago this Tuesday to address defence expenditure issues which are souring relations between the two Pacific neighbours.

• Tuesday, March 2nd 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  IMF “not willing” to reschedule Argentina's repayments.

  The IMF is not willing to extend the repayments timetable of the current stand by agreement with Argentina as was requested by Argentine Economy Minister Roberto Lavagna during his latest visit to Washington.

• Tuesday, March 2nd 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Miami pushing to become seat of FTAA Secretariat

  Miami, which is competing with ten other cities to become the permanent seat of the Free Trade Area of the Americas, FTAA, Secretariat, officially presented this Monday its proposal.

• Tuesday, March 2nd 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Koehler anticipates new IMF approach

  IMF Managing Director General Horst Koehler admitted in Brasilia that the multilateral institution needs to reformulate its approach towards Latinamerica.

• Monday, March 1st 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Breaking News from Chile.

  Headlines:
  Punta Arenas to become bunkering terminal; Europeans attracted by Torres del Paine Park; Unemployment drops in Chile; Another toothfish poacher?

• Monday, March 1st 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Chavez supporters reject U.S. “interference”

  Thousands of supporters of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez filled the streets yesterday to protest foreign “interference” in the country's affairs and to demand ”respect for the (national) electoral authority.” Meanwhile, opposition groups demonstrated in eastern Caracas and in other Venezuelan cities against the decision by the National Electoral Council (CNE) to review questionable signatures collected in favor of the recall referendum against Chavez.

• Monday, March 1st 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Aristide Arrives in Africa

  Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide arrived in the Central African Republic early Monday after fleeing his country, state radio reported.

• Monday, March 1st 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Patagonian lamb craze in Buenos Aires

  Patagonian dishes, but particularly Patagonian lamb has become highly fashionable in Buenos Aires restaurants and supermarkets in the last eight months according to the Argentine press.