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• Saturday, August 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina's industry booming: 8.8% in July

  Argentine industry is heading for its best quarter of the year with manufacturing activity soaring 8.8% in July compared to the same month a year ago, and so far this year only below the June index of 8.9%.

• Saturday, August 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Uruguay ratifies the construction of pulp mills

  Uruguayan president Tabare Vazquez ratified the construction of the two paper mills, just across from Argentina and which have caused a growing sour dispute between the neighbouring countries.

• Saturday, August 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Faster, Cheaper and Cleaner

  Cheaper motoring is high on the agenda for most motorists. Combine that with cleaner fuel and enhanced performance and you've got the dream car.

• Saturday, August 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Military honors for Pinochet would anger Chileans

  Chilean President Michelle Bachelet said Friday that her compatriots would be angered if former dictator Augusto Pinochet is buried with full military honors when he dies

• Friday, August 18th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine economy grows 8% in first half of 2006

  The Argentine economy grew 8.2% in June compared with the same month a year ago, expanding at a slightly faster pace than in May, the Economy Ministry revealed in Buenos Aires Thursday.

• Friday, August 18th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  British River Plate routing commemorated in London

  Belgravia in the heart of London was this week the stage for the commemoration of an event that two centuries ago helped change the course of history in the River Plate.

• Friday, August 18th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Ten bidders for Punta Arenas Free Trade Zone

  Ten companies have expressed an interest in the 23 year Punta Arenas Free Trade Zone concession. The current concession of Parenzon Chile Ltd expires February 2007, reports Punta Arenas “La Prensa Austral”.

• Friday, August 18th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile proposes to Peru joint promotional campaign for “pisco”

  The Chilean government on Thursday proposed to Peru that the two countries conduct a joint promotional campaign for “pisco” - grape brandy - after the World Intellectual Property Organization recognized the validity of Chile's manufacture of the traditional Peruvian liquor.

• Friday, August 18th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Stroessner laid to rest in Brazil

  The body of Paraguay's longtime former dictator was laid to rest here Thursday in the foreign soil where he spent his quiet exile, while back home some of those nostalgic for his rule paid tribute and others complained that Alfredo Stroessner never had to answer for his many heinous crimes.

• Friday, August 18th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Three out of four Chileans have mobile phones

  Almost three out of four Chileans have a mobile phone, according to a recent 3G Américas study. In a country of 15 million residents, more than 12 million have a mobile phone.