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• Tuesday, November 28th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Paulson demands greater currency flexibility from China

  United States Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Tuesday in London that “the need for greater currency flexibility” is a short term issue facing US-China relations.

• Tuesday, November 28th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentina heading for record fisheries export year, but?

  Argentine fisheries exports are forecasted to reach over a billion US dollars this year according to Fisheries and Aquaculture Under Secretary Gerardo Nieto.

• Monday, November 27th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  De-mining operations begin in Tierra del Fuego

  Chile begun last Friday de-mining operations in a strategic area of Tierra del Fuego, the first chapter of a project to free the area from the 130.000 antipersonnel and anti tank mines dating back thirty years in the peak of tension with Argentina.

• Monday, November 27th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Chavez holds final election rally

  President Hugo Chavez told hundreds of thousands of red-clad supporters Sunday that he will win re-election next weekend by an overwhelming margin and dedicate his victory to ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro.

• Monday, November 27th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Kirchner and cattle farmers on collision course

  Argentina is planning to limit beef exports by 30% and to make cattle's slaughtering weight more flexible in an attempt to increase domestic supply, according to press reports in Buenos Aires.

• Monday, November 27th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Mexican Congress sent “frustrating” image to the world

  Brazil could be forced to abandon its comfortable neutrality and help finding a negotiated solution to the Argentine/Uruguay dispute over the pulp mills, if its regional leadership role is not be eroded, argues Monday the Sao Paulo financial daily Valor.

• Monday, November 27th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Iberia ready for the Madrid/Gibraltar round trip

  Spanish airline Iberia carried out landing and take off tests in the Gibraltar airport runway over the weekend in anticipation of the first formal flight scheduled for next December 16.

• Monday, November 27th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Uruguay: more sheep and fewer cattle

  Heading for a record year of beef exports, over a billion US dollars, Uruguay's cattle herd is experiencing the impact of the efforts and it's doubtful it can sustain in the coming years such a level of production.

• Sunday, November 26th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Pinochet “I assume the political responsibility ”

  Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet celebrated his 91st birthday yesterday with a mea culpa, taking “political responsibility” for acts committed following his 1973 military coup.

• Sunday, November 26th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Huge rally for Chávez opponent

  Hundreds of thousands of people marched in Caracas yesterday to back opposition presidential candidate Manuel Rosales as he closed his campaign against President Hugo Chávez, who is favoured to win the December 3 vote.