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• 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.

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

  Picketers lift roadblock but “conflict is not over”

  Argentine environmentalists protesting against the building of pulp mills in Uruguay lifted late Sunday the two days roadblock of a route leading to the neighboring country but warned that new “actions” can be expected in the near future.

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

  Chile will “abstain” from Security Council vote

  Chile will abstain from voting for Venezuela or Guatemala in Monday's ballot to fill a non permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council was officially announced late Sunday in Santiago by presidential spokesperson Ricardo Lagos Weber.

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

  Mentor of Gibraltar agreement Spanish ambassador to Argentina

  A Spanish Member of Parliament belonging to the ruling PSOE and who has been one of the principal movers behind the recent tripartite agreement on the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar has been appointed ambassador to Argentina, according to the Gibraltar press.