The recently inaugurated Chilean president Michelle Bachelet said that for Chile to become a full member of Mercosur would mean back stepping.
Most Chileans reject relinquishing sovereignty over Bolivia's former coastal region, despite La Paz's demand for renewed sea access, according to a survey published Sunday by the daily La Tercera.
The Finnish firm Botnia yesterday announced it would stop the construction of a paper pulp mill in the Uruguayan town of Fray Bentos for up to 90 days, a decision that clears the way for a meeting between Presidents Néstor Kirchner of Argentina and Tabaré Vázquez of Uruguay on Wednesday.
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw announced Monday in the House of Commons the successful conclusion of the Gibraltar Constitutional negotiations on Friday March 17.
Chilean government halves gasoline hike.
Economy forecasted to surge 6% in 2006
Brazil's Finance Minister Antonio Palocci, 45, architect of the government's orthodox market policies stepped down on Monday as a corruption scandal swelled around him.