Brazil will be hosting this week end a high level meeting in an attempt to rescue World Trade Organization negotiations with the participation of the G-20 group of emerging countries and negotiators from the leading powers, Europe, United States and Japan.
Brazilian consumer prices rose only 0.05% in August after a 0.19% increase in July, according to government figures released Thursday, surprising market experts and even Brazil's government.
Manuel Rosales, the main opposition candidate in Venezuela's December's election claimed Thursday that President Hugo Chavez, running for re-election, has ordered his assassination.
The Arbitration Tribunal of Mercosur partially accepted Uruguay's demand and ruled that Argentina did not take necessary action to guarantee free circulation of goods and services into Uruguay as contemplated in the block's charter.
Today, Thursday, 7th September saw the naming ceremony in Portsmouth of the British Royal Navy's 80m offshore patrol vessel, HMS Clyde, which it is expected will arrive in the Falkland Islands in 2007.
Britain and Argentina will be holding talks in London this Wednesday and Thursday to discuss the mandate of the South Atlantic Fisheries Commission, SAFC, according to a release from the Government House in Stanley, Falkland Islands.
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet will stand firm on her pledge against the use of nuclear energy, government spokesperson Ricardo Lagos Weber said this week.
Chile's Consumer Price Index increased 0.3% in August, with inflation in the last twelve months reaching 3.8% and in the first eight months of this year 2.9%, in line with the government's targets, according to the latest release from the country's National Statistics Institute, INE.
The Chinese and Indian economies are likely to grow even faster than previously thought this year, according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
Argentine and Chilean presidents are scheduled to meet next Tuesday in the Argentine province of Mendoza for the opening of the bidding process for the construction of a 200 kilometres trans-Andean railway which will link the neighbouring countries across the shared mountain range.