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• May 19, 2000 - 
  IMF Concludes Article IV Consultation with Belize

• Excerpts from International Monetary and Financial Committee, Washington, D.C., April 16, 2000

• Latin America is the hottest market in the world 

• Quotes and passages from:  "The Americas in 1997: Making Cooperation Work - A report of the Sol M. Linowitz Forum - Inter-American Dialogue"

• Central American News

• Excerpts from Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright on International Economic Leadership