Mercosur

• Tuesday, August 1st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina could become net oil importer by 2008

  Argentina is forecasted to become a net importer of crude by 2008/2010 if the absence of oil exploration persists according to Argentine consultants.

• Tuesday, August 1st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina's tourism industry booming

  Argentina's tourism boom boosted by a weak local currency and relatively cheap assets and real estate by international standards has prompted construction of scores of new hotels, including some particularly luxurious properties.

• Monday, July 31st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Brazil's informal economy absorbs 60% of workforce

  Over half of Brazilian workers make their livings in the informal economy, estimated in 122 billion US dollars, according to an official report published Sunday in O Globo by the Brazilian Geography and Statistics Institute, IBGE.

• Monday, July 31st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Brazil and U.S. committed to rescue global trade talks

  Brazil and United States still believe it's possible to salvage global trade liberalization talks and agreed on the urgency of reaching a deal before the end of the year.

• Monday, July 31st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Chavez from Iran threatens to cut oil supply to the US

  Venezuela is considering cutting the oil supply to United States if Washington persists with its current hostile policy towards the President Hugo Chavez regime.

• Monday, July 31st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Mexico: massive political rally and 400 claims

  Mexico's populist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador organized this Sunday another massive political rally in the heart of Mexico City to demand a vote by vote recount of the July 2 presidential election ballot.

• Monday, July 31st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Enap joins British Gas to build electricity plant

  Chile's government owned petroleum company ENAP teamed up with Chilean group Copec and British Gas for the building of an electricity generating plant with an estimated investment of 300 million US dollars.

• Monday, July 31st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Lavagna describes Kirchner's policies as “interventionist”

  Argentina's former Minister of Economy Roberto Lavagna took distance from the current “state oriented” and “market intervention” policies of President Nestor Kirchner's administration

• Monday, July 31st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina: Falklands census show Islanders are “implanted”

  Based on information from Falkland Islands censuses, the recently created Argentine Parliamentary Observatory argues that Great Britain is not entitled to claim the self determination principle in the Islands since the population was “implanted”.

• Sunday, July 30th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Playboy “rescue plan” for Varig staff

  A group of stunning Brazilian stewardesses from the former airline Varig are negotiating a contract with Playboy magazine for the publication of nude photographs.