The Bolivian Army will be participating this week in a meeting of Mercosur Army Staff Commanders in Chile with the purpose of coordinating cooperation in peace operations and international humanitarian aid.
Former Ecuadorian president Lucio Gutierrez was released last week from prison in Quito where he had been held since last October on charges of endangering national security.
Nobel Peace Prize winner Oscar Arias was confirmed as Costa Rica's next president after his rival Otton Solis conceded defeat following a vote by vote manual recount of the closest and most contested election in the Central American country's history.
Bolivian Congress overwhelmingly passed a bill calling for a constitutional assembly and a regional autonomy referendum, two of President Evo Morales electoral promises on which the new Bolivia is to be re-founded.
With just over a month for the Peruvian presidential election (April 9), the latest public opinion poll shows former Congress member Conservative Lourdes Flores leading with 25% vote intention followed by ultra nationalist Ollanta Humala five points behind.
The Falkland Islands government (FIG) and Stanley Services Ltd (SSL) have revealed the formula used for fixing fuel prices.
Fish catches in Chile have dropped by 7 per cent last year in comparison with those of 2004, and are down from 5,404,501 tonnes to 5,018,298 tonnes, reported the National Fisheries Association (SONAPESCA), while exports increased by 19.1 per cent, earning USD 1,356 million in revenues between January and December 2005, vis-à-vis 1,138 million obtained in 2004.
The Company reports that a four-man team has recently completed a successful
visit to the Falkland Islands during which the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for drilling in Tranches C and D in the North Falkland Basin was
presented, as required by Falkland Islands Law, at a well-attended public
meeting in Stanley.
Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva begins Tuesday a two days state visit to Great Britain where he plans to strongly lobby for an end to rich countries agriculture subsidies and support for the development of alternatives energies such as ethanol and biodiesel.
United Kingdom and Gibraltar are scheduled to meet next week in Lancaster House for the final meeting on constitutional reform for the Rock.