Mercosur

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.
Tuesday, February 27th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Lula da Silva and Vazquez agree to another patch for Mercosur

Presidents from Uruguay and Brazil, meeting in Colonia Monday, seem to have smoothed strained economic and political ties with promises of stronger bilateral relations and a new boost to the battered Mercosur block, although Argentina, just fifty kilometers away was not present at the summit.
Monday, February 26th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands' war 25th anniversary: “Not an easy year” for UK Argentina relation

British Ambassador in Buenos Aires said Sunday that 2007 “will not be an easy year for the relationship” with Argentina because of the upcoming 25th anniversary of the war over the Falklands/Malvinas.
Sunday, February 25th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Indian company and Bolivia at odds over huge steel foundry

Natural gas price has become the main obstacle for India's Jindal Steel & Power corporation project to develop Bolivia's richest known reserves of iron.