Mercosur

• Wednesday, December 6th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Lan Plane Forced to Land in Brazil by Lack of Traffic Control

  A Lan Airlines SA plane was forced to make an unscheduled landing in Sao Paulo because of a lack of service by Brazil's air traffic control system, the company said.

• Tuesday, December 5th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Spain's turn to try and cool pull mills dispute

  The Spanish Royal envoy sent to “facilitate” dialogue between Argentina and Uruguay on the escalating pulp mills dispute met Monday afternoon during forty minutes with Uruguayan president Tabare Vazquez.

• Tuesday, December 5th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentina, Chile to create joint peace corps

  Argentina and Chile signed an agreement yesterday to create a joint peace corps that will be made available to the UN by 2008.

• Tuesday, December 5th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Morales focuses on investments

  Bolivian President Evo Morales has called a meeting with foreign oil companies operating in the country to discuss future investment in the nationalized energy industry, the government said yesterday.

• Tuesday, December 5th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Former Paraguay president jailed

  The former President of Paraguay, Luis Gonzalez Macchi, has been sentenced to eight years in prison for fraud and embezzlement.

• Tuesday, December 5th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Ecuador Declares Correa President

  Ecuador s Supreme Electoral Court is officially declaring on Monday economist Rafael Correa.

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

  “Democratic opening” before any US/Cuba dialogue

  United States said that a democratic opening of the Cuban regime is indispensable before any deepening of relations with Havana. The statement came in reply to the conciliating speech by Cuban interim president and Defense minister Raul Castro who called on Washington to the “negotiations table”.

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

  Mexican Congress sent “frustrating” image to the world

  Mexican Congress members sent to the world a “non-stimulating, frustrating” image of lack of governance and populism which tarnishes the whole Latinamerican continent, said Chilean former president Eduardo Frei who was present at the taking office ceremony of incoming president Felipe Calderón.

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

  Puerto Madryn acts to protect whales' habitat

  A controversial sale of plots to build homes at a popular whales' sight seeing area, El Doradillo, ten miles from Puerto Madryn in Argentine Patagonia has been suspended following protests from environmentalists.

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

  Argentina's energy policies concern UK investors

  Argentina's energy policies and relations between government and the private sector were the main points underlined by a delegation of British MP that recently visited Argentina with the purpose of promoting trade and exploring “new markets”.