Mercosur

• Monday, December 11th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Annan: great States must serve and not dominate

  The only way to achieve the key principles of international relations: collective responsibility, global solidarity, the rule of law, mutual accountability and multilateralism, is by “making the best possible use” of the United Nations, the departing Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Monday.

• Monday, December 11th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Pulp mills conflict: Uruguay will take the case to WTO

  Uruguay announced the filing of a complaint against Argentina before the World Tourism Organization for the continuous obstruction by Argentine pickets of the bridges linking with Uruguay which threaten to cause significant losses in the coming Southern hemisphere summer season.

• Monday, December 11th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Bolivia and Ecuador targeting Mercosur

  Bolivia is seriously considering becoming a full member of Mercosur and Ecuador's elected president said he favors building an only block with Mercosur and the Andean Community of Nations.

• Monday, December 11th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Uruguay leads in support and trust for democracy

  Uruguay is the country in Latinamerica which most supports democracy and has most trust in democratic governance, according to the 2006 edition of the Latinbarometer which measures the region's democratic credentials.

• Sunday, December 10th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  General Pinochet dies aged 91

  Former dictator Augusto Pinochet, who polarised Chile during his violent 1973-1990 military rule and spent his old age fighting human rights, fraud and corruption charges, died on Sunday. He was 91.

• Sunday, December 10th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Air China direct flight Beijing/Sao Paulo

  The first direct flight Beijing/Sao Paulo in Brazil with a call in Madrid took off Sunday from China's capital and should cover the distance in just over twenty four hours.

• Sunday, December 10th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Thatcher “greatly saddened” with death of Falklands' ally

  Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher said she is “greatly saddened” by the death of Augusto Pinochet, said a spokesman.

• Sunday, December 10th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  S. America: integration with no permanent structures

  Latinamerican leaders meeting in Bolivia ended the second summit of the South American community of nations with a call for greater regional integration that was openly considered “insufficient” particularly by Venezuela's Hugo Chavez.

• Sunday, December 10th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Pinochet: no state funeral or national mourning

  The Chilean government announced Sunday that the deceased dictator General Augusto Pinochet will be receiving honors of a former Commander in chief of the Army, and not of head of state or national mourning.

• Saturday, December 9th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  US November employment market remained strong

  The Untied States economy added 132.000 jobs in November showing the economy's resilience as housing and manufacturing continues to slump, according to the latest release from the Labor Department.