Mercosur

• Friday, January 12th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Penguin News Update

  

  Headlines: Royal visit; Vet hopeful of reindeer recovery; Holberg en route to Monte; This week's cruise visitors.

• Monday, January 8th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Mercosur members growingly less intra trade dependent

  

  Evolution of trade among Mercosur members in the last few years shows unexpected surpluses for Brazil and a lesser dependency on the group's intra trade than in the nineties, according to recent data from ALADI, Latinamerican Integration Association.

• Monday, January 8th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Outbreak of brucellosis in southern Chile

  An outbreak of bovine brucellosis has been confirmed in the Chilean province of Osorno, according to the Minister of Agriculture Alvaro Rojas.

• Monday, January 8th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Pulp mills dispute: plans to ban sale of logs to Uruguay

  

  The Uruguay Argentina pulp mills controversy took another turn this week when the Argentine province of Entre Rios said it would ban all wood sales to Uruguayan pulp mills and picketers announced a complete land blockade of Uruguay sometime in mid January.

• Saturday, January 6th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Bolivia instruments gas agreement with Argentina

  Bolivia's government owned petroleum corporation YPFB will be announcing next week companies interested in supplying natural gas to Argentina following on the agreement recently signed and extending until 2026.

• Thursday, January 4th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Penguin News Update

  

  Headlines:
  Quiet farewell for local hero; Royal programme revealed; New Year's Honours; Planning begins for ferry terminals,
  Cruise ships this week.

• Monday, January 1st 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  London: “Once again off the New Year in style”

  

  “London has once again kicked off the New Year in style,” says Mayor of London Ken Livingstone, who funded and organised the event in conjunction with Visit London.

• Monday, December 25th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Priest and General ticket lead opinion polls in Paraguay

  

  A priest and a controversial former general is the most attractive ticket for voters in Paraguay, according to a poll by First Análisis y Estudios published in Asuncion's main daily ABC Color. The ticket comprised of Fernando Lugo and Lino Oviedo has a 27.3% support for the next presidential election, scheduled for April 2008.

• Monday, December 25th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Mercosur runs the risk of “collapse”, warn analysts

  

  Mercosur runs the risk of collapsing because it keeps adding members without consolidating as a customs union or having solved the serious tensions between big and junior partners, according to regional analysts.

• Friday, December 22nd 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentine mines laid in 1982 could be cleared.

  

  Thousands of Argentine landmines which remain in the Falkland Islands could be successfully cleared sometime in the future.
  This is the confident prediction of Landmine consultant Paddy Blagden, who headed a team from Cranfield University, which has just completed a feasibility study into minefield clearance in the islands.