Mercosur

Thursday, May 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Chile's Bachelet, the most popular Latam leader...in Spain

Although Chilean president Michelle Bachelet and the ruling coalition are facing growing challenges for Spain's public opinion she' the most popular leader that side of the Atlantic according to the latest Latinbarometro 2007 report.
Thursday, May 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Punta Arenas honors British pioneer and Magallanes explorer

The city of Punta Arenas in the extreme south of Chile honored the memory of a Royal Navy Rear Admiral who was head of a British hydrographic expedition the first directly involved in the charting of waters in the Region of Magallanes between 1826 and 1830.
Wednesday, May 28th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Mercosur leaders summit July first in Tucuman

Argentina will be hosting the XXXV Mercosur summit at the end of June when the six months rotating chair or pro-tempore presidency will be passed on to Brazil.
Tuesday, May 27th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil announces a regional central bank and common currency

After having formally launched last Friday the Union of South American Nations, Unasur, the region in on track to creating a Central Bank and a common currency announced this week Brazilian president Lula da Silva.
Tuesday, May 27th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
March 08 recorded sharpest drop in US cars miles traveled

United States are driving much less forced by fuel prices, continuing a trend which began last November and has been confirmed by the latest March 2008 release from the Federal Highway Administration, FHWA.
Monday, May 26th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Islander Mensun's expedition to retrieve Tower guns

IT has taken over 400 years but soon the Tower of London is going to get some of its guns back - at least for a while.
Monday, May 26th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Officials allow for salmon transfers in Chaiten volcano area

The Chilean government is reducing the security area around the Chaiten volcano from 50 to 24 kilometers in order to facilitate the rescue of approximately 600,000 salmon located throughout various farming centres in the area.
Saturday, May 24th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Union of S.A. Nations born amid controversies

The South American Union of Nations was officially born Friday in Brasilia as leaders of the region's 12 nations signed the constitutional charter, the latest of the region's integration mechanisms. Brazil's president, Lula da Silva, who hosted the summit, invited other Latin American and Caribbean nations to join the venture.
Saturday, May 24th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Chile's Bachelet nominated Unasur's first president

Chile's Michelle Bachelet was chosen as the first president of the Union of South American Nations which was formally founded on Friday in Brasilia when the leaders of its twelve country members signed the constitutional charter.
Thursday, May 22nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Leaders meet to launch Union of South American Nations

A South American leaders' summit is scheduled for Friday in Brazil where the visiting heads of government and host President Lula da Silva will be signing the legal framework of the charter for the Union of South American Nations, Unasur.