Leaders from three of the world's most dynamic emerging economies, Brazil, India and South Africa met in Brasilia to bolster cooperation and demand a greater voice in world trade and finance affairs.
Chile attracted 2.1 million foreign tourists in 2005, of which 900.000 were one day visitors from neighbouring countries such as Argentina, Peru and Bolivia which came mainly for shopping, reports the country's Tourism Office, Senatur.
Long taken for granted by its much larger neighbours, Uruguay suddenly finds itself one of the main fronts in the struggle between the United States and Venezuela for dominance in South America.