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.
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.
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.
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.