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 WARN WARNING: TOPIC: DOMESTIC ECONOMIC,  DOMESTIC POLITICAL,
 INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC,  INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL
 SERI SERIAL:   WAX20011114000415
 COUN COUNTRY: ARGENTINA, FALKLAND ISLANDS,  UNITED KINGDOM
 SUBJ SUBJ:     TAKE 2 OF 3--Argentina Press Review 14 Nov 01
 REF  REF:      1. LAP20011114000090///14 November)  (translating)
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 C00779659
 9.    Brazilian Ambassador Dismisses Effects of Depreciation of
 Real on Argentina -- Outgoing Brazilian Ambassador Sebastiao Do
 Rego Barros has ruled out a possible effect of the depreciation of
 the real on the Argentine economy.    He affirmed,  "It would be
 important for Argentina to recall that during the last five years
 it has had a trade surplus with Brazil, but has had a trade deficit
 with the rest of the world." Furthermore, Do Rego Barros said that
 Argentina speaks about her competitiveness problem with her main
 Mercosur, Common Market of the South, partner but her exports to
 Brazil continue to increase and Brazil has not increased her
 exports to Argentina. The Brazilian ambassador underscored that
 despite the criticism of a number of Argentine officials, Brazil
 has been willing to find solutions although "these efforts have
 been fruitless." Ambassador Do Rego Barros, who will take over as
 president of the Brazilian petroleum regulating organization, will
 be replaced by current Ambassador to Mercosur Jose Botafogo
 Goncalvez.  400 words.  (Buenos Aires Economico,  14 November)
 10.    Unemployment Insurance Plan Stalled - The trade union
 offensive to persuade congressmen to consider holding a plebiscite
 to decide on the creation of unemployment insurance failed
 yesterday, as deputies failed to form a quorum to discuss this
 initiative at a special session yesterday.    150 words.    (Buenos
 Aires Economico,  14 November)
 11.    O'Neill,  Taylor To Meet with Argentina's Cavallo,  Marx in
 Ottawa on 16 Nov -- 496 words.    (El Cronista, 14 November) filed
 as LAP20011114000023
 12.    Argentina's De la Rua Makes Lightning Trip to Germany,
 Meets With Schroder --   753 words.    (La Nacion,  14 November)
 (translating)
 13.    Former Social Security Minister Explains Reasons Behind
 Resignation -- 485 words.    (El Cronista,  14 November)
 (translating)
 14.    Resignation of Social Security Minister Analyzed --
 Gabriela Litre analyzes the scenario that resulted in the
 resignation of new Social Security Minister Patricia Bullrich, who
 did not mind being referred to as the "spoiled girl" of the Cabinet
 but who found out that President De la Rua "can put up with many
 errors by his ministers (such as the false anthrax case linked to
 Hector Lombardo), but they cannot pressure him through the
 media."    Sources close to De la Rua told La Nacion that while
 Bullrich was probably right about eliminating the Social Welfare
 Ministry, her methods of getting it done were questionable:    "This
 kind of dirty laundry is washed inside," one of them commented,
 according to Litre's report.    The decision to let Bullrich go was
 supported by Cabinet Chief Chrystian Colombo and Presidency
 Secretary General Nicolas Gallo, and Colombo reportedly pointed out
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 that Bullrich was provoking ministerial crises "at the worst moment
 in the crisis."    Nor could Bullrich count on the usual support she
 got from the "Sushi Group," as that bloc has been broken up and has
 lost influence in the administration.    665 words (La Nacion, 14
 November)
 15.    Public Opinion Poll Finds Argentines Have Little Faith in
 Political Institutions -- 987 words.    (La Nacion)  (translating)
 16.    Incident Reported in Argentina's South Atlantic
 Airspace   -- Clairin's Ushuaia correspondent Wilmar Caballero
 reports that in the South Atlantic an airplane of the Tierra del
 Fuego provincial government encountered some very unsettling
 intermittent flashes of light when it was flying over the Comodoro
 Rivadavia area, 75 miles off the coast of Argentina. The pilots and
 Lieutenant Governor of Tierra del Fuego Daniel Gallo ruled out the
 *possibility of those lights coming from UFOs or being an
 atmospheric phenomenon.    They believe that the intermittent
 flashes of light that followed them for approximately an hour came
 from a combat airplane, possibly a Phatom or a British Tornado,
 whose base is in Mount Pleasant,  located on the Malvinas Islands,
 because of its flight performance. This is a very serious report
 since it would involve the violation of the Argentine airspace.
 The airplane took off from Jorge Newbery metropolitan airport,  in
 Buenos Aires, at 2050 on Monday and was expected to arrive at its
 destination -- Rio Grande -- after midnight. "When flying over
 Comodoro Rivadiavia 75 miles off the coast of Argentina, we saw for
 the first time the intermittent lights at our left. These were
 following us at?a close distance,  in the same direction, and at a
 higher altitude and speed," said Commander Zalotti. The lights
 followed them until they reached the Straight of Magellan.
 Yesterday the British Embassy in Buenos Aires strongly denied the
 possibility of a British airplane being involved in this incident
 and ruled out the presence of British airplanes in the vicinity.
 Furthermore, the British Embassy termed this incident "senseless
 speculations." Air Force Press Chief Commander Jorge Reta affirmed,
 "The pilot of the Lear jet only reported that he was seeing
 intermittent flashes of light, therefore it is a lack of
 responsibility to say that there was an alleged airplane, which he
 did not recognize, belonging to a foreign air force."   He added
 that if a pilot witnesses an abnormal situation he must communicate
 this to the control tower. "The commander did not do so and instead
 he has made statements to the press," Reta said.    Furthermore,
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