The Spanish government for the moment anticipated no reprisals for the latest visit to Gibraltar of the British nuclear submarine HMS Tireless. However it will examine the effects London's unfriendly acts may have on bilateral relations, Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos insisted this Thursday in Madrid.
Mexican president Vicente Fox confirmed his country will formally request to become an associate member of Mercosur during the block's coming presidential summit to be hosted this Friday by Argentina in Puerto Iguazú.
Chile supports Mexico's Mercosur association petition which is scheduled to be considered this coming Friday during the biannual presidential summit in Argentina.
The Belgrano had barely been sunk when the chorus of criticism began that the downing of the Argentine warship by British forces was unjustified. Surprisingly, the man who might have most cause to echo those cries does not.
Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva officially announced this Wednesday his country's full support to Mexico's Mercosur associate member request to be formally considered this Thursday in Argentina during the bi-annual presidential summit of the South American block.
Argentina Foreign Affairs Minister Rafael Bielsa talking in Puerto Iguazu, said Mercosur should not discard creating the category of observer member, as a previous step to associate or full member.
With the purpose of resuming cultural links and ratifying the growing trade and communications relations with Magallanes Region in Chile, Falklands/Malvinas Islands governor Howard Pearce visited last week Punta Arenas, reports the local daily La Prensa Austral in this Monday's edition.
British-based CDS Oil & Gas Group officially expressed this week its interest in exploring for petroleum and natural gas fields in northwestern Paraguay, revealed British ambassador in Asunción.
Tokyo is the most expensive city in the world, and Asunción, Paraguay, the cheapest according to the latest Mercer Human Resource Consulting agency report which assesses cost of living and quality of life conditions in 215 cities of the world.
Chilean Navy Shipyards, Asmar, in Punta Arenas and Talcahuano were awarded last week the International Ship and Port Facilities Security Code, ISPS, in compliance with the December 2002 International Maritime Organization, IMO, anti terrorist measures