Mercosur

• Monday, December 4th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  London's plan to grant independence to Falklands

  The “Route to Independence” program which allegedly was started by the Foreign Office in 1983, following the South Atlantic conflict has a final and definitive objective: the independence of the Falkland Islands argues Argentine *Senator Rodolfo Terragno.

• Monday, December 4th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  World's largest cruise struck by Norovirus

  More than 380 passengers and crew aboard the world's largest cruise ship were sickened by a virus during a seven-day Caribbean cruise, cruise officials said Sunday.

• Sunday, December 3rd 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Venezuelans to vote on president

  Venezuelans cast ballots today in an election polls show will hand President Hugo Chavez six more years in office after he spent the nation's oil wealth on helping the poor and bolstering anti-U.S. sentiment in the region.

• Sunday, December 3rd 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  New sun-protection pill arrives in Chile

  A new kind of sun protection has arrived in Chile, in the form of capsules that can be taken orally once a day to increase the skin's tolerance to ultraviolet (UV) rays. The pill, called “Tan Optimizer,” is now available in Chile's pharmacies.

• Sunday, December 3rd 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Pinochet momentarily “stable and in good condition”

  Former Chilean President Augusto Pinochet suffered a heart attack on Sunday and has undergone a bypass operation which his son said brought him back from the brink of death. Pinochet was rushed to a military hospital in the Chilean capital Santiago around 2 a.m. (0500 GMT).

• Sunday, December 3rd 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Chavez with significant lead in vote count

  Polls officially closed Sunday in Venezuela's presidential race in which left-wing populist Hugo Chavez was widely expected to win re-election to a six-year term.

• Saturday, December 2nd 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentine de-mining monitors arrive Saturday in Falklands

  On Saturday two Argentine retired military officers will arrive in the Falkland Islands to participate in a field survey related to the mines clearance feasibility study agreed between Argentina and the United Kingdom.

• Saturday, December 2nd 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Sterling closing in on US$2 mark

  Sterling moved tantalizingly close to the US$2 level yesterday after the pound hit a 14-year high for a second day against a battered dollar, as the prospect of a narrowing US interest rate gap haunted the greenback.

• Saturday, December 2nd 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Paraguay: Killers of kidnapped of daughter of former president sentenced

  A court on Friday sentenced two leaders of a radical leftist group to 25 years in jail for the kidnapping and murder of a former president's daughter, a spokeswoman said.

• Saturday, December 2nd 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentina: First ever Rural Society strike

  The Argentine Rural Society announced yesterday that it is joining the week-long lockout that begins midnight tonight that has been called by two of the country's major farming organizations.