Brazilian president Lula da Silva ratified that if the Workers Party, --currently involved in a major corruption scandal--, committed mistakes it must open its books to the Brazilian public opinion and say how they will correct them.
Chile's trade deficit with Mercosur full members, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay has jumped 469% between 1995 and 2004, from 902 million US dollars to 5.1 billion US dollars by far the country's largest with any trade block.
Chile is not involved in an arms race, just replacing old units and by 2008 the navies of Argentina, Peru and Chile will be quite evenly balanced, stated Chilean Navy commander Admiral Rodolfo Codina Díaz.
Industrial activity in Argentina increased 6,4% during June compared to a year ago accumulating a 7,2% expansion in the first half of the year according to the latest release from the Statistics and Census Office.
Chile registered the lowest country risk rating in Latinamerica with 59 basic points reflecting the excellent moment of the country's economy and government finances.
Brazil's government owned Petrobras announced Monday the signing of a contract for the export to China of 12,000 bpd of crude adding that it expects sales of petroleum products to reach a billion US dollars annually in five years.
The number of United States travellers to Cuba has dropped drastically over the past year reported Monday the Miami press.
Because stealing electricity cables has become so widespread, Argentina decided Monday to suspend for 90 days all exports of scrap copper.
Chilean companies overseas investments reached 766 million US dollars in the first half of 2005, which represents a 30% drop compared to the same period in 2004 and a 36% over the second half of 2004.
Interest in the Falkland Islands at the biggest worldwide oil exploration conference was down this year; however this has been attributed to increased use of the Mineral Resources Department's website.