Mercosur

Thursday, October 23rd 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Rockhopper denies FT; no agreement entered with BHP Billiton

Rockhopper Exploration plc the AIM traded (RKH) oil and gas explorer with licences in the North Falkland Basin, notes the report in the Financial Times today entitled “Smaller producers get ready for consolidation”.
Tuesday, October 21st 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Obama pledge to halt eviction of defaulting homeowners

Unite States Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama has vowed to halt eviction of homeowners defaulting on mortgages, two weeks before the election. He was speaking in Florida, ahead of a joint appearance with his former rival for the nomination, Hillary Clinton.
Tuesday, October 21st 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Mercosur Council meets in Brazil to address crisis

The Mercosur Council, CNC, the highest political body of the South American customs union will be holding an extraordinary meeting next Monday in Brasilia to consider the current global financial crisis, it was announced in Montevideo.
Friday, October 17th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Chilean Tierra del Fuego farm sold for 20 million USD

A long established traditional farm in Chilean Tierra del Fuego in the Timaukel area, has been sold “closed gate” to a group of Chilean investors for which they paid the equivalent of almost 20 million US dollars.
Friday, October 17th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Farmed salmon disease outbreak in Magallanes

Chile's government confirmed this week that Infectious Salmon Disease (ISA) virus is present in the Magallanes Region (Region XII), more precisely at a salmon farm from Nova Austral in the Puerto Natales area, north of Punta Arenas.
Sunday, October 12th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Chile in summer time, forwards clocks 60 minutes

Chile is in summer time with clocks having advanced sixty minutes during the weekend. This means that Chile's Dalylight Summer time is three hours behind Greenwish mean time.
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.