Mercosur

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

  Brazil's deadliest air disaster begins to unveil

  Early analysis of the flight data recorders from two planes that collided in Brazil's deadliest air disaster indicated the smaller jet's transponder was not signalling its location at the time of the accident, revealed Brazil's Defence minister.

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

  Remittances to Latinamerica reach new record

  Latin American immigrants living in United States will send more than 45 billion US dollars to their relatives back home this year, a 10% increase over 2005, according to a report from the Inter-American Development Bank.

• Friday, October 20th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina, Bolivia sign US$17B deal

  Under a new contract, Bolivia will increase exports to Argentina from the current maximum of 7.7 million cubic metres a day to 27.7 million cubic metres a day over a 20-year period beginning in 2010.

• Friday, October 20th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile: Dollar at lowest level in five month

  The dollar fell to its lowest level against the Chilean peso in five months Tuesday, closing at 526.2 pesos per dollar.

• Thursday, October 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Gas deal has ?surprise' in store

  Argentina and Bolivia put the final touches on the energy agreement to be signed by Presidents Nestor Kirchner and Evo Morales today Thursday in Santa Cruz de la Sierra.

• Thursday, October 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Mercosur court looms again

  Uruguay plans to carry the Argentine environmentalists' roadblocks dispute back to the international courts

• Thursday, October 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  U.N. No compromise found

  Latin American nations were yesterday unable to break the deadlock for the region's seat on the UN Security Council with Venezuela refusing to pull out of the race against US-backed Guatemala.

• Thursday, October 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Brazilian Indians fight back

  Indians demanding greater compensation from mining operations in the Amazon region have invaded a company town owned by the world's largest iron ore miner, the company said yesterday.

• Thursday, October 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Brazil's Silva Leading Election

  Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva widened his lead over rival Geraldo Alckmin, the former governor of the country's richest and most-populous state, in a Datafolha poll.

• Thursday, October 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  HMS Endurance calls in Buenos Aires

  The Royal Navy's Ice Patrol vessel HMS Endurance under Captain Nick Lambert is scheduled to arrive today, Thursday to Buenos Aires, in a goodwill call before heading south for the 2006/07 Antarctic season, reports the Argentine press.