The fate of 32 year old Juan Carlos Paillan Soto who remains in the custody of the police in the Falklands should be decided this week. His appeal against his proposed deportation by Falklands Immigration officials will be reviewed by Governor Donald Lamont following representation by Soto's lawyer Kevin Kilmartin.
Access to the United States market is vital for Uruguay's recovery, so this country will negotiate bilateral trade agreements with the US and Canada if the Free Trade Association of the Americas, FTAA, initiative does not move ahead.
The British Ministry of Agriculture has declined to comment on newspaper suggestions that Argentina, which exports meat to Britain, could have been the source of the outbreak of foot- and- mouth disease devastating the United Kingdom.
Magallanes Region in the extreme south of Chile, received 509.869 visitors during 2000, a 14% increase over the previous year.
Beginning this week eleven million head of cattle will be vaccinated in Argentina against foot and mouth disease in an attempt to reinforce measures against any further outbreaks as happened last August.