Mercosur

• Friday, October 27th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Mexico condemns the “shameful” border wall with US

  Mexican president Vicente Fox called the wall United States is planning to build along the common border “shameful” and a decision “with no vision of future”.

• Friday, October 27th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  US economy growth dips to an annualized 1.6%

  United States economic growth slowed down to 1.6% in the third quarter, the lowest in three years, according to the US Department of Commerce. This compares negatively with the 2.6% of the second quarter and market expectations of 2.1%.

• Friday, October 27th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Latinamerican stock markets global leader

  Latin American stocks are currently the world's most profitable, according to investment bank Morgan Stanley.

• Thursday, October 26th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  WWF: “ecological overshoot” threatens Earth's resources

  The world's natural ecosystems are being degraded at a rate unprecedented in human history, according to a report released this week by WWF, the global conservation organization.

• Thursday, October 26th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine prosecutors accuse Iran and Hezbollah

  Argentine prosecutors formally charged the Iranian government and the Lebanese militia group, Hezbollah, over the 1994 bombing of a Jewish centre in Buenos Aires killing 85 and injuring 200.

• Thursday, October 26th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Pinochet's secret gold

  Chile's government has asked a special prosecutor to investigate reports that former dictator Augusto Pinochet, already facing charges related to secret bank accounts, hid about nine tons of gold in a Hong Kong bank.

• Thursday, October 26th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Venezuela, Guatemala seek new candidate

  Venezuela and Guatemala have agreed in principle to end their contest for a coveted seat on the UN Security Council but have yet to agree on an alternate candidate, diplomats said.

• Thursday, October 26th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Oil prices jump 4% on OPEC cuts

  Oil prices jumped four percent to nearly US$62 yesterday following a sharp drop in US crude stockpiles last week and as members of producer group OPEC enforced output cuts.

• Thursday, October 26th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Fifth Avenue, world's most expensive shopping street

  New York's Fifth Avenue and Causeway Bay in Hong Kong retained top positions as the world's most expensive shopping streets in the world, according to Main Streets Across the World 2006, an annual report by Cushman & Wakefield, one of the world's leading real estate services firm.

• Thursday, October 26th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Greenspan optimistic on US economy performance

  Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said on Thursday the US economy was overcoming the housing sector downturn and described growth prospects as “reasonably good”.