Belgium reported this week several outbreaks of blue tongue disease in sheep and cattle in several farms close to the villages of Liege and Fourons north of the country.
With an initial investment of 3.5 billion US dollars Argentina is relaunching an eight year nuclear energy development program with the purpose of increasing the number of atomic plants plus resumption of uranium enrichment production.
Brazilian police are looking into the possible existence of links between the ruling Workers Party of President Lula da Silva and a prison based gang network, First Command of the Capital, (PCC) which has been responsible for a wave of violence in the country's main industrial and financial hub, the city of Sao Paulo.
Unemployment in Argentina dropped from 11.4% to 10.4% in the second quarter of 2006 and stands 1.7 points less than a year ago for the same period according to the latest release from the country's Statistics and Census Institute, Indec.
Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim said it would be an unfortunate gesture if the United States excluded Brazil from the General System of Preferences which benefits exports of developing countries.
Rising temperatures, glacial melting, and the acidification of water due to high levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide are threatening the Antarctic, warned scientists at the Latin American and Chilean symposia on Antarctic studies, which concluded Sunday in Concepción.
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet signed Monday a free-trade agreement with China to reduce tariffs on 92% of exports over ten years, to the Asian country.
Colombia's guerrilla closely linked to the narcotics trade said Monday that Bogotá's Washington-funded anti-drug strategy is faltering because the United States isn't doing enough to reduce consumption among its 32 million addicts.
Volkswagen has warned it will close down its main factory in Brazil if an agreement is not reached with the unions on a restructuring plan which contemplates leaving 6.000 workers redundant.
Punta Arenas airport is introducing two new radars and state of the art X ray equipment to check cargo and luggage, announced this week the head of Chile's most extreme south international air terminal Hector Jara Fernández.