Mercosur

• Monday, July 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Spain's main daily puts on the table Falklands'dispute

  

  This Monday, Spain's most prestigious newspaper El País from Madrid, brought light onto the Falkland Islands dispute by reproducing the speeches of Argentina's Foreign Affairs minister Jorge Taiana and Falklands elected Councillor Richard Davies before the United Nations Decolonization Committee in early June.

• Saturday, July 21st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Korea lead Chile's biggest new car provider

  Chile's National Automobile Association (ANAC) announced Wednesday that Korea has taken top spot as Chile's new vehicle provider.

• Friday, July 20th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News update

  

  Headlines:
  Falklands take first steps to recycling waste; Hill Cove takes on Chinese domination of the sheepskin tanning business; Data collection sheet annoys parents

• Friday, July 20th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile condemns Toronto police in soccer scuffle

  

  Chilean President Michelle Bachelet condemned Friday the Toronto police's “unjustified” actions after several members of the Chilean FIFA U-20 selection were reportedly shot with stun guns and sprayed with pepper spray after losing 3-0 to Argentina at Toronto's National Stadium.

• Thursday, July 19th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Shocking results from albatross survey at Bird Islands

  

  DESPITE the achievements of the well managed South Georgia longline fishery, which has succeeded in reducing mortality of seabirds to almost zero, a new diet sampling programme at Bird Island has highlighted the shocking extent of longline hook ingestion by wandering albatrosses.

• Wednesday, July 11th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  “A realistic agreement over the Falklands Islands”

  

  The 25th anniversary of the end of a tragic war is a fitting time to regret the losses incurred. It is also a time to look forward and to avoid, once and for all, the repetition of such disasters. That requires an objective review of the past and an analysis of the future: this could be very bright, so long as all parties so wish and they undertake to make adjustments and, at times, the necessary sacrifices.

• Saturday, July 7th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Lake disappearance linked to global warming

  Experts from Chile's National Forestry Service (CONAF) and the Valdivia Center for Scientific Studies (Cecs) this week linked the May disappearance of a glacial lake in far southern Chile to global warming. The team made these claims after a series of visits to the site of the lost lake starting Thursday, and noted there is a possibility that the lake could reform.

• Saturday, July 7th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Lula calls Chavez “my friend” but also defends Congress

  Brazil's president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva admitted Friday the existence of problems between Brasilia and Caracas, although he downplayed the tone of the dispute with his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez, whom he called my “friend”.

• Friday, July 6th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Penguin News weekly update

  

  Headlines:
  Should we take self-determination message direct to Argentina?; Blanch to return; Ferry contract signed; No local tourism applications; Live Earth this weekend.

• Thursday, July 5th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Kirchner tries to smooth Chavez/Lula conflict

  Argentine president Nestor Kirchner called Thursday on his Brazilian counterpart Lula da Silva to help smooth the way so Venezuela can become an active member of Mercosur.