Mercosur

• Sunday, May 20th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Goose Green Hero Controversy; VC Colonel Criticised.

  

  Allegations that the British hero of the Battle for Goose Green in May 1982 , Colonel H. Jones, VC, acted foolishly and needlessly sacrificed his life have been renewed in a book marking the 25th anniversary of the Falkland Islands War.

• Friday, May 18th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Penguin NewsUpdate

  

  Headlines:
  David Pickup top legal job; Liberation Day shelter rises up on harbour front; New plans for ferry haven; Budget deliberations; Seven stand for tourism.

• Tuesday, May 15th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Santiago de Chile faces worst smog levels in eight years

  

  Santiago de Chile's skies remained grey and smoggy Monday and Tuesday, and with no end in sight, former President Ricardo Lagos blamed the city's contamination levels on Argentina's unwillingness to provide Chile with more natural gas.

• Monday, May 14th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Riverboat-style cruise with 200 pax has to be rescued off Alaska

  

  The riverboat-style cruise ship “Empress of the North” that ran aground off the Alaska coast has finally reached Juneau Monday afternoon. She arrived with a US Coast Guard escort about ten hours after it became grounded early morning.

• Friday, May 11th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Environmental superstar Al Gore arrives in Chile

  

  After months of build up, the wait is finally over. Environmental superstar Al Gore, a former U.S. senator and vice president, is finally visiting Chile — albeit for just a handful of hours.

• Tuesday, May 8th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Uruguayan opposition questions the Mercosur Parliament

  

  Members from the Uruguayan opposition claim that Uruguay's participation in the Mercosur Parliament, inaugurated this Monday in Montevideo, is unconstitutional and are appealing before the Supreme Court.

• Tuesday, May 8th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Cheaper second line AIDS drugs for developing countries

  

  Former United States President Bill Clinton announced on Tuesday agreements with drug companies to lower the price of so-called “second-line” AIDS drugs for 66 countries of the developing world and to make a once-a-day AIDS pill available for less than one dollar a day.

• Monday, May 7th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  European MPs recommend “supranationality” to advance integration

  

  A delegation of European MPs visiting Uruguay for the opening of the Mercosur Parliament called on the regional block not to fear “supranationality” which is needed to advance integration.

• Sunday, May 6th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Mercosur Parliament formally opens in Montevideo

  

  The Mercosur Parliament will hold its first formal session this Monday in Montevideo when 72 elected representatives, 18 for each founding member of the group, convenes in Uruguay's Legislative Palace to discuss regional policies.

• Saturday, May 5th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands Warship attack recalled. HMS Sheffield loss “unnecessary”

  

  Argentina's first fatal strike against the British Falklands Task Force in May1982, sinking the air defence destroyer HMS Sheffield, has been recalled in media reports and dramatic recollections of men involved in the action.