Bolivian Foreign Affairs Minister Carlos Saavedra assured his Ibero-american colleagues that the current protests and unrest in Bolivia will have no influence at all over the next Ibero-american summit scheduled for November in Santa Cruz.
Petrobras the giant Brazilian government oil complex celebrates this week its fiftieth anniversary.
Even when 64% of Argentines have a positive opinion of the Nestor Kirchner administration, the confidence index has dropped to its lowest since the former Santa Cruz governor took office May 25, almost a hundred days ago.
Uruguay plans to equip Uruguayan flagged fishing vessels with hermetic black boxes which should enable authorities in Montevideo to have the precise location of these vessels plus eliminating any possible manipulation of signals.
Crime has become the greatest fear for Santiago de Chile residents according to the latest opinion poll from Fundación Futura, a non government organization that monitors law and order problems.
Finally it will be former Argentine president Eduardo Duhalde who will have to pay for the barbecue to share with President Nestor Kirchner.
Brazil recorded last August a primary budget surplus equivalent to 1,65 billion US dollars and considers perfectly feasible a similar figure in September which should ensure the compliance of targets agreed last year with the International Monetary Fund, IMF, according to a report from the Brazilian Central Bank.
Lino Gutiérrez the new United States Ambassador in Argentina who arrived this week in Buenos Aires will be officially presenting his credentials to Foreign Affairs Secretary Rafael Bielsa tomorrow Wednesday.
Thousands of retailers in Bolivia this Monday shut their businesses and marched peacefully along the main streets of the capital La Paz, bringing the city to a full stop.
Economic activity in Argentina last July showed an 8,8% expansion compared to a year ago and 1,8% over June 2003, according to the latest report from the Argentine National Statistics Office.