Mercosur

• Wednesday, October 18th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina: one billion dollars fisheries exports in 2006

  Argentine fisheries exports, boosted by good squid catches, will range in the one billion US dollars mark this year and could jump to 1.2 billion in the next few years, reports the Mar del Plata press.

• Wednesday, October 18th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Lan begins Santiago/Punta Arenas night flights

  Almost a hundred passengers inaugurated this week the first of two weekly direct night flights between Santiago and Punta Arenas which Lan Chile has added for summer season's months.

• Wednesday, October 18th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  United States population hits 300-million mark

  The population of the United States officially hit the historic milestone of 300 million Tuesday morning, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates.

• Wednesday, October 18th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine : Violence mars Perón coffin transfer

  Violence between union activists yesterday wounded more than 40 people and marred the transfer of Juan Domingo Perón's remains to a mausoleum, evoking scenes of the Ezeiza massacre in 1973 when scores were killed in a gun battle between the right and left wings of the Justicialist Party that the three-time president founded.

• Wednesday, October 18th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  President Bachelet travels to Germany

  President Michelle Bachelet begins a four-day state visit to Germany on Wednesday morning, which will include visits to cities she once lived in.

• Tuesday, October 17th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile's stock market rises to record high

  Chilean stocks rose to the week's third record close on Friday. The Santiago Stock Exchange's Ipsa index, tracking the 40 most sold stocks, rose 0.32% to 2,356.97 points.

• Tuesday, October 17th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands' fisheries dispute and Vigo's industry stance

  Spanish fishing companies operating in the South Atlantic and with direct or indirect interests on both fisheries, --Argentina and the Falkland Islands-- are bound to suffer strong financial losses according to Vigoemrpesa.com, an internet information agency linked to the Galicia fishing industry.

• Tuesday, October 17th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  New names for the UN Security Council deadlock

  Mexico and Chile have begun Tuesday informal contacts with other Latinamerican countries to agree on a consensus or compromise candidate for the United Nations Security Council seat which remains deadlocked between Guatemala and Venezuela.

• Monday, October 16th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Guatemala “optimistic” about UN Security Council vote

  Guatemala is optimistic about becoming a United Nations Security Council non permanent member when one of the seats in representation of Latinamerica is to be voted this Monday.

• Monday, October 16th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Tycoon and left wing outsider to dispute Ecuador's runoff

  Ecuador is headed for a runoff presidential election between a charismatic leftwing outsider and the country's richest man following Sunday's vote when no candidate gained the required votes to win outright.