Mercosur

• Thursday, October 9th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina calls for urgent meeting of Mercosur members

  

  Argentina proposed an urgent meeting of Mercosur country members to coordinate positions which would help address the impact of the current global financial crisis and its possible impact on the region.

• Tuesday, September 30th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina and Brazil ready to trade in local currencies

  

  Argentina and Brazil will be launching in a week's time a “de-dollarized” trade system for small and medium companies which should considerably reduce financial costs that could be extended in the near future to the tourism industry, according to banking sources quoted in Buenos Aires La Nacion.

• Monday, September 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands: UK MPs aware of Argentine economic terrorism

  

  BRITISH politicians are still very aware of what has been described by Falkland Islands' representatives as the “economic terrorism,” inflicted on the Islanders by Argentina, Councillor Ian Hansen said, speaking from the Labour and Conservative Party Conferences in the United Kingdom.

• Wednesday, September 24th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Uruguay and Chile, least corrupt in Latinamerica says TI

  

  Uruguay and Chile figure among the best ranked in Latinamerica in the latest report from Transparency International, a non government organization which rates countries according to corruption in the so called Corruption Perception Index or CPI.

• Monday, September 22nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Expectation with Mrs. Kirchner first UN assembly speech

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is scheduled to attend on Tuesday the official opening and later address the 63rd General Assembly of the United Nations.

• Saturday, September 20th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile: expulsion of human rights activists is “regrettable”

  The expeditious expulsion by Venezuelan authorities of two members from the non government organization Human Rights Watch on Thursday night has not gone unnoticed and the Chilean government announced it will officially demand explanations from President Hugo Chavez administration.

• Monday, September 15th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Lehman Brothers files for bankruptcy. Wall Street in turmoil

  

  The fourth-largest investment bank in the US, Lehman Brothers, has said it will file for bankruptcy protection, amid a growing global financial crisis.

• Sunday, September 14th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Bolivian government and opposition agree and call for calm

  

  Bolivia's government and a key opposition figure appealed on Saturday for calm following days of political violence which have left at least 16 people killed in clashes. A summit of South American leaders to address the situation has been convened for Monday in Santiago de Chile.

• Friday, September 12th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  HMS Exeter,“Save this Falklands ship for the future”

  

  Veterans have called for a Falklands warship to be saved from the scrapheap. The crew of HMS Exeter saluted the destroyer as she returned home to Portsmouth last month to enter what the navy calls' extended readinesses, meaning she is not likely to ever sail again.

• Thursday, September 11th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Killings and havoc further disrupt the Bolivian situation

  

  At least nine people were killed as violent anti-government protests mounted in Bolivia on Thursday, creating havoc in its natural gas industry and increasing tensions with the United States.