Mercosur

Saturday, November 10th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
King Juan Carlos I tells Pte. Chavez to 'Shut Up'

King Juan Carlos I of Spain cast royal decorum aside today when Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez repeatedly try to interrupt the Spanish prime minister at a summit in Chile.
Saturday, November 10th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Leaders agree to fight poverty at Ibero-American summit

Leaders from Portugal, Spain, Andorra and 19 Latin American countries agreed to cooperate in promoting democracy and fighting social inequality at the 17th Ibero-American Summit, which ended Saturday in the Chilean capital.
Friday, November 9th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Ibero-American Summit begins in Chile

The 17th Ibero-American summit kicked off Thursday, bringing together Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries in Latin America, Spain, Portugal, and Andorra, to discuss regional social issues and bilateral problems between neighbors.
Friday, November 9th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News update

Headlines:
Welcome back, boys!; New port report out now; New Lan aircraft - but no change for Falklands; UN's Ki-moon in South America.
Wednesday, November 7th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Mercosur requests WTO 16% expansion of sensitive goods

Mercosur will request this week before the World Trade Organization, WTO, a 16% expansion in the number of sensitive industrial goods to be excluded from the consolidated tariff expected to be agreed during the Doha Round negotiations, which to all practical effects will mean an overall drop in external tariffs for out of the region imports.
Tuesday, November 6th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Emotional return of UK 82' veterans to the Falkland Islands

TWO hundred and fifty British Falklands War veterans landed at Mount Pleasant Airport at 9am this morning. The group visit under the auspices of the charity the South Atlantic Medal Association (82).
Monday, November 5th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Centrist claims win in Guatemala

A former army general who once took on the insurgency in Guatemala's long civil war lost his battle for the country's presidency on Sunday night, with voters rejecting his plan to use an iron fist, as well as the country's military, to control a sky-high murder rate.
Friday, November 2nd 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News update

Headlines: 'For the country I love'; Charter flight on the way; Helicopters for FIGAS?; Wife to wear the trousers at Casa Rosada.
Thursday, November 1st 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Mercosur fares poorly in global report on competitiveness

The United States tops the overall ranking in The Global Competitiveness Report 2007/2008. Switzerland is in second position followed by Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Finland and Singapore, respectively. The report is not encouraging for Mercosur members or Latinamerican leading economies.
Wednesday, October 31st 2007 - 20:00 UTC
British contribution to Punta Arenas in Historic Archive

As a way to preserve memories of British contribution to the development of the Magallanes Region in the extreme south of Chile, the British School in Punta Arenas inaugurated a British Historic Archive containing all the documents compiled by the Anglican Society of Punta Arenas.