Chilean beef imports reached 142.245 tons equivalent to 503 million US dollars in 2005, up 16.000 tons compared to the 126.224 tons of 2004, reports Santiago's Chamber of Commerce.
Uruguay's Foreign Affairs minister Reinaldo Gargano said Uruguay totally discards any possibility of a free trade agreement with United States which could endanger Mercosur.
HMS Southampton and RFA Grey Rover until recently posted in the Falkland Islands were involved in the seizure in the Caribbean of a cargo ship with three and half tons of cocaine with a street value in the United Kingdom of some £ 350 million, reports the Royal Navy.