Mercosur

• Sunday, September 10th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Bermuda braces for storm Florence

  At 2100 GMT Tropical Storm Florence was 745km (465 miles) south of Bermuda, moving north-west at 20km/h, the US National Hurricane Center said.

• Saturday, September 9th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  In Uruguay, the President also reads mammograms

  Every Tuesday from nine to past noon, Dr. Vázquez, a 66-year-old oncologist who specializes in breast cancer, can be found at the Mammary Diagnostic Centre, which serves more than 23,000 patients.

• Saturday, September 9th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Oil prices continue to slide

  Oil prices fell by almost $1 a barrel on Friday, dipping below $67 as traders focused on slackening demand and rising supplies.

• Saturday, September 9th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Moderate Quake Hits Chile's central valley

  A medium-intensity earthquake hit Chile's central valley at 1:32 p.m. on Saturday and lasted for 40 seconds.

• Saturday, September 9th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Growing division in Bolivia over future Constitution

  Opposition leaders from Bolivia's wealthier eastern regions said a one-day strike in protest at plans by the administration of President Evo Morales to re-write the constitution was a huge success.

• Friday, September 8th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Lopez Obrador says he will create government

  Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has given up efforts to have himself declared winner of Mexico's presidential race, but he still plans a parallel government to cater to the poor and keep alive his fight against the president-elect, a party spokesman said Friday

• Thursday, September 7th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Brazil hosts new global trade talks launching

  Brazil will be hosting this week end a high level meeting in an attempt to rescue World Trade Organization negotiations with the participation of the G-20 group of emerging countries and negotiators from the leading powers, Europe, United States and Japan.

• Thursday, September 7th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Lowest annualized inflation since 1998 in Brazil

  Brazilian consumer prices rose only 0.05% in August after a 0.19% increase in July, according to government figures released Thursday, surprising market experts and even Brazil's government.

• Thursday, September 7th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Chavez gets a taste of his won medicine

  Manuel Rosales, the main opposition candidate in Venezuela's December's election claimed Thursday that President Hugo Chavez, running for re-election, has ordered his assassination.

• Thursday, September 7th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  No end to the Uruguay/Argentina pulp mills controversy

  The Arbitration Tribunal of Mercosur partially accepted Uruguay's demand and ruled that Argentina did not take necessary action to guarantee free circulation of goods and services into Uruguay as contemplated in the block's charter.