Mercosur

Thursday, August 30th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Hundreds arrested in Santiago de Chile labor protest

Police prevented members and supporters of Chile's largest labor union – the United Workers Central (CUT) – from marching through the streets of the capital Santiago on Wednesday, after union leaders deliberately failed to seek authorization for their protest.
Wednesday, August 29th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Mercosur received 300 billion in foreign direct investment

Mercosur member countries received 300 billion US dollars in foreign direct investments between 1990 and 2004, reported the United Nationd Economic Commission for Latinamerica and the Caribbean, Cepal.
Tuesday, August 28th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
UK embassy sponsored seminar addresses climate change

Climate change, and its economic impact was pushed onto the front burner at a seminar on Monday organized by the British Embassy in Argentina which the key speaker was Stephen Green, a senior economist at the UK's Ministry of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.
Tuesday, August 21st 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Hurricane Dean strengthens into a Category 5 storm

Hurricane Dean strengthened into a monstrous Category 5 storm Monday night as its outer bands of wind and rain slammed the coasts of Mexico and Belize. Thousands of tourists fled the beaches of the Mayan Riviera as it roared toward the ancient ruins and modern oil installations of the Yucatan Peninsula.
Tuesday, August 21st 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Mortgage buble: risk rating agencies to be grilled by US Senate

Credit rating companies must “shoulder some responsibility” for sub-prime mortgage bonds that have sparked a crisis in credit markets said United States Senator Richard C. Shelby, the Senate Banking Committee's top Republican.
Monday, August 20th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Navy's newest warship sets sail for Falkland Islands patrol duty

The Royal Navy's newest warship HMS Clyde left Portsmouth on Monday, 20 August bound for the South Atlantic.
Saturday, August 18th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
The Oil Patch Cheers On Hurricane Dean

The price of crude oil is down some 8 percent since August 1. What the oil patch and every oil trader knows, one of the quickest ways to turn around this tumble is the drama of a good old fashioned hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico wending its way toward the Texas and Louisiana coasts. And Shazam! Here comes Hurricane Dean!
Friday, August 17th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Falkland Islands: Penguin News Weekly update

Headlines:
Soldiers take a rough ride; Ferry workshops highlight 'unknowns'; Education Director's praise for A Level students; Foot and Mouth: caution continues; Quake rocks Peru.
Thursday, August 16th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Deadly magnitude 7.9 earthquake strikes central Peru

An earthquake of magnitude 7.9 struck off the coast of central Peru on Wednesday evening killing 337 people, injuring at least a thousand and triggering a tsunami warning for South America's central Pacific coast, according to the first reports from the media in the capital Lima.
Thursday, August 16th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Peru “megathrust” quake toll keeps mounting as rumbling ceases

The death toll rose to 500 on Thursday in the magnitude-8 earthquake that devastated cities of adobe and brick in Peru's southern desert. Public services collapsed, emergency operations are slow in delivering and rescue efforts seem minimal compared to the magnitude of the tragedy.