Mercosur

• Saturday, August 26th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Venezuelan presidential inflation: 28 candidates

  A total of 28 hopefuls have been confirmed as presidential candidates for Venezuela's elections scheduled for next December 3, Tibisay Lucena, president of the National Electoral Council announced Friday

• Saturday, August 26th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Fox and Lopez Obrador on collision course

  Mexican President Vicente Fox confirmed Friday that he will preside over official Independence Day celebrations including a military parade, in spite of protestors' sit-in encampments in Mexico City's main avenues and plaza.

• Saturday, August 26th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  US supports Argentina's nuclear program, but?

  United States respects Argentina's decision to resume production of enriched uranium but also requests assurances that the technology will not be transferred to third countries.

• Saturday, August 26th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  China's growing presence in Latin America

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, in Beijing on his fourth visit to the oil-hungry Asian giant, has signed a number of energy deals covering production, refining and transportation.

• Saturday, August 26th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Dynamite found in luggage aboard flight

  A United States citizen suspected of checking dynamite in his luggage on the flight from Buenos Aires was questioned by FBI officials in Houston after bomb-sniffer dogs picked up a scent from his baggage, officials said.

• Saturday, August 26th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Lost fishermen: No drugs, no cannibalism

  Three fishermen who say they survived nine months adrift in the Pacific Ocean returned to Mexico on Friday and denied they were involved in drug trafficking or resorted to cannibalism to survive.

• Saturday, August 26th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  From the River Thames to Lake Titicaca

  In the heat of the engine room, huge copper-coloured cylinders hiss as Capt. Carlos Saavedra pulls hard on the accelerator lever of the oldest working ship in the Americas.

• Saturday, August 26th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile ranked second safest emerging market

  Chile placed second on a new ranking by German investment bank DekaBank of the safest emerging countries for investment.

• Thursday, August 24th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile to speed change

  The government yesterday said it will quickly fulfill key promises to high-school students, a day after hundreds of youths clashed with police in a protest over perceived delays in educational reforms and improvements.

• Thursday, August 24th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Bolivian Senate censures energy minister

  Bolivia's opposition-controlled Senate passed a censure motion yesterday against the country's energy minister ? one of the architects of President Evo Morales' energy sector nationalization.