Mercosur

• Thursday, November 2nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Brazil's worst air disaster points to traffic controllers

  The flight recorder transcript from the Long Island executive jet involved in Brazil's worst air disaster shows that its pilots were told by Brazilian air traffic control to fly at the same altitude as a Boeing 737 before the planes collided, according to a newspaper report Thursday.

• Thursday, November 2nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Uruguayan congress approves Venezuela's Mercosur membership

  The Uruguayan Congress with the sole vote of the ruling coalition members approved Thursday the incorporation of Venezuela to Mercosur. This makes Uruguay the first country in the block to have complied with the incorporation procedure for the new member.

• Wednesday, November 1st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile legalizes internet telephony in landmark decision

  In a landmark ruling late last week, Chile's Free Competition Defense Court (TDLC) fined the nation's most important fixed line telephone company $581 million pesos (US$1 million) for blocking Internet telephony service providers.

• Wednesday, November 1st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Milk and flour add to Chile/Argentina trade disputes

  Argentina has begun steps to take Chile to the World Trade Organization in protest for the stamping of tariff safeguards on Argentine dairy imports.

• Wednesday, November 1st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Chilean Armed Forces reap copper bonanza benefits

  Chile's armed forces will receive 1.2 billion US dollars in 2006 from the state-owned copper company, Codelco.

• Wednesday, November 1st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Iceland rapped for resuming commercial whaling

  Diplomats from twenty five countries led by Britain's ambassador delivered Wednesday a strongly-worded protest condemning Iceland over its decision to resume commercial whaling.

• Wednesday, November 1st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Bolivia's Morales “delays” mining nationalization

  President Evo Morales backed off his plan to nationalize Bolivia's mining industry, saying his government can't afford it “for now” but he still wants to eventually recover control of the nation's mineral wealth.

• Wednesday, November 1st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Migration and poverty in Ibero-American summit agenda

  The 16th edition of the summit for the heads of state and governments of Ibero-America is set to begin this week in Uruguay with an agenda in which the issue of migration, poverty and development will establish the model for dialogue and cooperation.

• Wednesday, November 1st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina's big business asks for reliability and energy

  To ensure sustained development Argentina needs sound political institutions, reliable rules of the game to promote investment and energy, are the conclusions of a report from one of the country's leading business organizations.

• Wednesday, November 1st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina/Uruguay dispute: with blocked bridges, “no dialogue”

  “With blocked bridges there's no dialogue”, said Uruguayan president Tabare Vazquez when asked if a bilateral meeting with President Nestor Kirchner was scheduled next Friday in the framework of the Ibero-american summit in Montevideo.