Mercosur

• Sunday, October 22nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  South American pipe dream ?a joke'

  The former prime minister of Spain, Felipe González, said that South America's natural gas pipeline “is a joke” and that “it will never be carried out.”

• Sunday, October 22nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Ortega eyes return to Nicaraguan presidency

  Daniel Ortega may become Nicaragua's president again. And the United States is, once more, out to stop him.

• Sunday, October 22nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  WWF in Chile debates commercial whaling

  Just moments before the start of a World Wildlife Fund conference on whale conservation, held in southern Chile's Region X, breaking news from Iceland caused a big splash: the Nordic country announced it will resume commercial whaling.

• Sunday, October 22nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Panama OKs Canal Project

  Voters overwhelmingly approved the largest modernization plan in the 92-year history of the Panama Canal on Sunday, backing a multi-billion dollar expansion that will allow the world's largest ships to squeeze through the shortcut between the seas.

• Saturday, October 21st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile supports German bid for UN Security Council

  Chile's President Michelle Bachelet paid tribute to Germany this week, the country that opened its doors to her and her mother, Angela Jeria, during their exile from Pinochet's Chile between 1975 and 1979.

• Saturday, October 21st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  American Travel Writers invited to Patagonia

  Over 160 tourism journalists and photographers belonging to United States and Canada's main media will be touring Chilean Patagonia beginning October 23.

• Saturday, October 21st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Bolivia downplays military agreement with Venezuela

  Bolivia's neighbours should not feel threatened by a proposed military aid package from Venezuela that will be used to set up new bases along its borders, said Defence Minister Walker San Miguel.

• Saturday, October 21st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Globalization is positive, but mostly benefits the rich

  Five out of ten Chileans feel globalization is positive for the country, but two in three believe it only benefits the rich.

• Saturday, October 21st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Following bombing Colombia cancels prisoner exchange

  Colombian President Alvaro Uribe withdrew on Friday his offer to negotiate a humanitarian prisoner exchange with Marxist oriented rebels after blaming the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia for a car bomb that wounded 23 people

• Saturday, October 21st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Volcano erupts in Ecuador; earthquake in Peru

  Lava and ash erupted from an Ecuadorian volcano 85 miles south of the capital Quito forcing the evacuation of about 300 villagers. An eruption two months ago of the Tungurahua volcano killed four people and left two others missing and still unaccounted for.