Mercosur

• Monday, November 13th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Asia Summit Pushes WTO Talks, Free Trade

  U.S. President George W. Bush and other Pacific Rim leaders meeting in Hanoi, this week will issue an SOS for stalled world trade talks, while mulling a region-wide free trade agreement, officials said Monday.

• Sunday, November 12th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Bracelets to detect UV rays and fight skin cancer

  Bracelets that change color when exposed to harmful UV rays are among the new weapons in Chile's fight against skin cancer, one of the country's biggest health problems.

• Sunday, November 12th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Uruguay among top ten contributors to UN blue helmets

  United Nations peacekeeping deployment reached a historic high at the end of October, with nearly 81,000 military and police personnel and some 15,000 civilians serving in peace operations around the world in 18 different missions, and a budget that could reach 7 billion US dollars, reported the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations reported today.

• Sunday, November 12th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Potosi to claim treasure sunk off Florida in 1622

  The Bolivian district of Potosi with the legendary Cerro Rico, the greatest silver deposit in the time of the Spanish conquest announced it was preparing an international demand to recover a sunken treasure which was lost in 1622 but was found three centuries later in 1985 along the coat of Florida, United States.

• Sunday, November 12th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  First Lady Kirchner on the presidential campaign trail

  The Argentine government has launched a campaign in support of First Lady, Senator Cristina Fernandez as a possible candidate for next year's presidential election. Several ministers and leaders in different rallies praised the fiery lady's talent and dedication.

• Sunday, November 12th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Mercosur addresses regional migration legalization

  Over 330.000 undocumented immigrants have become legal residents of Argentina in the last six months according to Interior Minister Alberto Fernandez. Most come from Paraguay, Bolivia and Peru.

• Sunday, November 12th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Majority of Chileans believe corruption is “widely spread”

  Even when Chile figures as the least corrupt country in Latinamerica, the general perception among the Chilean population according to the latest public opinion surveys is that “corruption is widely spread”.

• Saturday, November 11th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Foreign investment booming in Chile

  Foreign investment in Chile has grown US$3.4 billion over the last eight months compared with US$2.2 billion during the same period in 2005. These figures come from Chile's Foreign Investment Committee (FIC).

• Saturday, November 11th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Public support for Bachelet reaches 59%

  Public support for Chilean President Michelle Bachelet's government now stands at 59%, according to the latest survey carried out by the Center for Studies of Contemporary Reality (CERC). This represents a 2% increase in support since August.

• Saturday, November 11th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Peru offers an alternative to gas

  Water cascading from Peru's Andes mountains toward the Amazon could be harnessed into electricity for power-hungry Brazil, freeing Latin America's largest nation from natural gas producers like Bolivia and Venezuela, Peruvian President Alan García said yesterday.