Mercosur

• 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.

• Tuesday, October 31st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Oil prices slip by 3%

  Oil prices fell by more than US$2 a barrel yesterday and heating oil futures plunged to a 15-month low as traders looked ahead to mild weather in the US and supply data due out later this week that is expected to show rising inventories of crude.

• Tuesday, October 31st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Uruguay pleased with its debt swap

  Creditors tendered US$1.17 billion of eligible bonds in Uruguay's debt swap, in line with government expectations, in the country's bid to scrap lightly traded bonds and extend debt maturities.

• Tuesday, October 31st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Lula says Brazil is tired of being an “emerging power”

  Re-elected Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva announced his second term will be dominated by political dialogue, government reforms and economic growth to ensure the battle against poverty continues and Brazil definitively abandons the “emerging countries” group.