Mercosur

• Friday, November 21st 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Peru, China agree zero tariff on 90% of bilateral trade items

  

  A free trade agreement to be signed by China and Peru in March will go into effect in the second half of 2009, if everything goes as planned, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced.

• Thursday, November 20th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Marches to protest building of dams in Chilean Patagonia

  

  Several hundred demonstrators gathered outside of Endesa's Santiago headquarters Wednesday evening to protest the Spanish-Italian electricity company's plans to build a huge hydroelectric complex in Chilean Patagonia.

• Tuesday, November 18th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Brazil, Argentina want higher Mercosur tariffs for imports

  

  Mercosur senior members, Argentina and Brazil agreed to sponsor an increase in the common external tariff (AEC) on several products from third countries, during a meeting Monday of the Bilateral Trade Monitoring Committee held in Buenos Aires

• Sunday, November 16th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Mercosur forum on new international financial architecture

  

  The global financial crunch, rapidly becoming a threatening full fledged international recession will be addressed Monday in Montevideo, Uruguay by Mercosur leaders.

• Thursday, November 13th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Mercosur in “solid position” to address global crisis

  

  Mercosur country members are in a more solid position to face the global financial crisis that rich nations, said Brazilian president Lula da Silva who nevertheless called for a stronger trade links among its members.

• Saturday, November 8th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  US unemployment in Oct. 6.5%; peak since 1994 and climbing

  Unemployment in the United States during October rose to 6.5%, totalling 10 million jobless and the highest rate since March 1994, according to the latest release from the US Labour Department.

• Friday, November 7th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  UN elects five judges for International Court of Justice

  The General Assembly and the Security Council elected this week five judges to serve nine-year terms on the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, starting early next year.

• Wednesday, November 5th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Obama's historic win promises new dawn of US leadership

  

  Barack Obama promised “a new dawn of American leadership” as he delivered his victory address in front of 100,000 people in Chicago's Grant Park after being elected as America's first black president.

• Tuesday, November 4th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Count down for the man who heralds a new era for the US

  Millions of Americans will bring in a new era of United States' politics as they cast their votes in the most expensive presidential election in history.

• Tuesday, November 4th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Falklands and Malvinas veterans meet at Gosport

  

  The Mayor of Gosport Councillor Derek Kimber recently received three special visitors to the Parlour, three gentlemen who might, a few years ago, have come very close to crossing paths with the Mayor, but in very different circumstances.