Mercosur

Thursday, March 5th 2009 - 17:19 UTC
Andean tunnel project to physically integrate Mercosur

A Chilean and an Argentine company signed a partnership this week for the construction of a low altitude tunnel crossing the Andes to connect the neighboring countries, the crucial link for a bi-oceanic project dating back to 1994.
Tuesday, March 3rd 2009 - 23:00 UTC
Obama praises US/UK “special relation”; Brown in Congress

President Barack Obama said Tuesday the US-UK “special relationship will only get stronger”, after holding talks with Prime Minister Gordon Brown. It was “not just important to me; it's important to the American people”, he said told reporters in the White House.
Monday, March 2nd 2009 - 23:00 UTC
Paraguay announces trade countermeasures on Argentina and Brazil

Paraguay will apply tariff related measures on imports from Argentina and Brazil to protect local industry announced the country's Finance minister Dionisio Borda arguing that the treatment will be similar to that from the senior Mercosur partners.
Monday, March 2nd 2009 - 23:00 UTC
Falklands and Prince celebrate success of albatross campaign

At a formal reception at Clarence House in London on Monday February 23rd HRH the Prince of Wales, who has long been concerned about the dramatic decline of the albatross, heard that 18 of the world's 22 species threatened with extinction have a brighter future thanks to the efforts of the Albatross Task Force (ATF).
Sunday, March 1st 2009 - 23:00 UTC
US economy recorded lowest growth in '08 since '01: 1.1%

The US economy shrank by 6.2% in the last three months of 2008, official figures have shown, a far sharper fall than had previously been reported. Plunging exports and the biggest fall in consumer spending in 28 years dragged the annualised figure down from an earlier estimate of 3.8%.
Thursday, February 26th 2009 - 23:00 UTC
Princess Royal to visit Falkland Islands in March

TWO years after her last visit HRH The Princess Royal will be returning to the Falkland Islands.
Tuesday, February 24th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Mercosur members can't agree on consensus for G20

Mercosur Standing Secretary General Carlos Alvarez admitted it was difficult for the South American trade group to unify positions because “some countries see the global crisis as something distant”.
Friday, February 20th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Volcano in south Chile erupts again: 150 people evacuated

Chile has evacuated more than 150 people who had returned to the southern town of Chaiten after it was destroyed by a volcanic eruption last year.
Saturday, February 14th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
US stimulus package approved, but it's not bipartisan

US President Barack Obama welcomed on Saturday Congress's approval of his 787 billion US dollars economic stimulus package. He described it as a “historic step” and “major milestone on our road to recovery”, and is expected to sign the bill into law early next week.
Friday, February 13th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Bolivian appeal for aid to combat dengue epidemic

The Bolivian government appealed for international economic aid and fumigation equipments to fight the mosquito transmitted dengue epidemics which broke out at the beginning of the year and already has 17.371 reported cases.