Mercosur

Thursday, March 22nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Weekly Penguin News Update

Heradlines: World's windiest marathon; Tourism work permit denied; FIDF remember; Rotterdam's on her own

Fishing news: Licence revoked; Squid return to zones; SAFC: another non-starter
Monday, March 19th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
”Old fishing law needed updating,' says Falklands' Fisheries Director

Government representatives from Argentina and the United Kingdom met in Buenos Aires during 14 - 15 March to analyse activities of the South Atlantic Fisheries Commission (SAFC), a request for bilateral co-operation favouring the conservation of fishing resources in that region.
Monday, March 19th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
NZ minister to visit Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay

New Zealand's Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters leaves Tuesday on a two-week visit of South America and the aim is to build closer political, economic, and personal links with the region, reports the Auckland press.
Sunday, March 18th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
“Mummy's War” on Falkland's conflict ready to be aired

Carol Thatcher's “Mummy's War”, a documentary on the 1982 Falkland Islands war will be aired next week in London, it was announced by the European press.
Sunday, March 11th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Bush sorts friends from enemies in Latinamerica

A close scrutiny of George W. Bush's five-nation Latin American tour reveals the degree of political calculation behind his stirring rhetoric, writes Justin Vogler.
Saturday, March 10th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Winter time in Chile: clocks 60 minutes back

At one o'clock Sunday, March 10th, Chileans will have to set clocks sixty minutes back officially signaling the beginning of winter time.
Friday, March 9th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Kirchner and Chavez boost energy/farm cooperation

President Nestor Kirchner and his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez signed accords on Friday to boost energy and agriculture cooperation. The highlight was a treaty to work toward the creation of a South American organization to coordinate exports of natural gas, signed in a ceremony at Argentina's suburban presidential residence.
Thursday, March 8th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Joint anti FAM disease program in critical border area

Foot and mouth disease multination sanitary missions will begin acting in the second half of March along the common borders of Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil and Bolivia, where FAM is endemic revealed Uruguayan authorities.
Friday, March 2nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Weekly Penguin News Update

Headlines: Dolphins help desperate seamen; Cllr Summers ventures where angels fear to tread; Reconsider?; Cruise News.
Thursday, March 1st 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Brazilian press unconvinced about Lula-Vazquez summit

The promises and expectations of improved relations between Uruguay and Brazil and for Mercosur following the presidential summit in Colonia, Uruguay, don't seem to have convinced the Brazilian press.