Mercosur

• Tuesday, June 13th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Lavagna openly criticizes President Kirchner

  Roberto Lavagna, Argentina's former Finance minister and the architect of the current recovery since its collapse in 2001 criticized the “left shift” of President Nestor Kirchner's administration and the growing links of Argentina with Venezuela's Hugo Chavez which are jeopardizing investment attraction.

• Tuesday, June 13th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Taiana pushing for UN commitment in Falklands' dispute

  Argentina will request the resumption of United Nations Secretary General “good offices” in the Malvinas/Falklands sovereignty issue, previous to the Decolonization Committee meeting scheduled for later this week.

• Tuesday, June 13th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  New Argentine law curbs military

  Over 18 years after being passed by Congress, the law regulating military activity was enforced yesterday via a presidential decree.

• Tuesday, June 13th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Andean presidents confront divisions

  The members of a four-nation Andean trade alliance are charting a new course ? without President Hugo Chávez's Venezuela and with uneven US relations ? as foreign ministers gathered in Quito yesterday.

• Tuesday, June 13th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Falkland Gold and Minerals Limited report

  Mr. Richard Linnell FGML Chairman report on the activities of Falkland Gold and Minerals Ltd ('FGML' or 'the Company') for the six month period ended 31 March 2006.

• Monday, June 12th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Norwak virus breakout in Celebrity's “Mercury”

  Celebrity's Mercury had to return Sunday to Seattle following an outbreak of what seems the latest case of a Norwak-like virus which causes mass vomiting and diarrhea. A total of 121 passengers and four crew members had been quarantined on board.

• Monday, June 12th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Oil analysts watch for hurricane season

  Oil prices opened steady, below US$72 a barrel today, taking pause from last week's volatile ride as Tropical Storm Alberto, the first of the Atlantic hurricane season, formed off Cuba and aimed for Florida.

• Monday, June 12th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Antarctic Treaty scientists meet in Edinburgh

  Around 300 scientists and legal and political advisors from 45 countries meet in Edinburgh today for the start of the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting.

• Monday, June 12th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina's Patagonia with “85% degree of desertification”

  Three quarters of Argentina's territory, particularly Patagonia, shows signs of degradation or desertification, a problem that could accentuate in the future with global climate changes, according to Argentina's Agriculture Technology Institute.

• Monday, June 12th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina's child labour total 1.5 million

  Some six million children between the age of 5 and 17 work in Latinamerica, half of them in exploitation conditions or doing dangerous risk-life jobs, which bans them from enjoying basic rights, according to a report from the Save the Children organization.