Mercosur

• Saturday, July 1st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Foreign Secretary Beckett visits Brazil

  British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett will visit Brazil between July 2 and 4 at the invitation of Foreign Affairs Minister Celso Amorim. This will be Ms Beckett first bilateral visit since she was appointed Foreign Secretary two months ago.

• Saturday, July 1st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Pekerman blamed for Argentine defeat.

  The English press all headlined the extraordinary substitutions made by Argentine coach Jose Pekerman, which they maintain led to Argentina's exit from the 2006 World Cup.

• Saturday, July 1st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  English happy with Argentine referee.

  Argentine referee Horacio Elizondo and his assistants, Dario Garcia and Rodolfo Otero, generally officiated well at the very heated game between England and Portugal in the quarter-finals of the 2006 World Cup in Germany.

• Friday, June 30th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  ENAP claims abundant natural gas in Tierra del Fuego

  Chile's government owned oil corporation ENAP will be investing 40 million US dollars in the exploitation of a natural gas and petroleum deposit in Magallanes Region announced in Santiago the company's CEO Enrique Davila.

• Friday, June 30th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Strong Chilean economy creates more jobs and jobless

  Unemployment in Chile increased during the March-May quarter reaching 8.7%, which is 0.4% above the same period a year ago (8.3%), according to the latest release from the Chilean Statistics Institute.

• Friday, June 30th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Spanish magnate faces US trial for illegal toothfish trade

  Spanish fishing magnate Antonio Vidal and the Uruguayan company Fidelur have been allegedly caught red handed illegally trading with toothfish in United States and now face serious charges in a Miami federal court.

• Friday, June 30th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Growing fears of new Doha round frustration

  The Doha round negotiations on global trade currently taking place in Geneva are edging closer to another failure warned World Trade Organization Director General Pascal Lamy.

• Friday, June 30th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile plans massive investments in copper industry

  Chile plans to invest 16 billion US dollars in the copper industry through 2010 retaining its position as the world's leading producer and exporter, announced Friday the Chilean Copper Commission, Cochilco.

• Thursday, June 29th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  TAM to start London flights, orders new planes

  TAM, Brazil's largest airline, will start a daily flight to London as of October 28, landing at Heathrow airport, the main entrance to the United Kingdom.

• Thursday, June 29th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Most of Chileans fear losing their job

  A recent study by the Liberty and Development Institute revealed that 56 percent of Chileans fear losing their job within the next few months. Twenty percent describe this fear as “very high,” while 36 percent describe it as “high.”