Mercosur

• Thursday, June 1st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  EU/Mercosur trade accord to counter “political events”

  A Spanish Conservative member of the European Union Parliament insisted this week in the need to advance the negotiations for a free trade agreement between the EU and Mercosur to help counter current “political events” in the region.

• Thursday, June 1st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Antarctic Station To Use Renewable Energy

  Belgium will build the first polar station powered solely by renewable sources of energy at a site in the Antarctic that will study climate change.

• Thursday, June 1st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  OPEC set to keep production up

  Major oil-producing countries are set to keep crude output unchanged at an OPEC meeting today despite Venezuela's calls for cutting production, while some cartel members hinted at the possibility of trimming supplies down the road.

• Thursday, June 1st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  OPEC rejects Venezuelan call to cut output

  Ministers of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, the oil cartel, on Thursday united against Venezuela to reject its call to cut the group's production.

• Wednesday, May 31st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  “At some point” Argentina will recover Malvinas

  At some moment and point Argentina will recover the Malvinas forecasted Argentine Home Minister Anibal Fernandez during a ceremony to honour members of the National Gendarmerie that were killed in the 1982 South Atlantic conflict with Britain.

• Wednesday, May 31st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Unemployment in Chile slightly up: 8.3%

  Unemployment in Chile during the mobile February-April quarter reached 8.3%, a slight 0.1% increase over the same period a year ago, and 0.4% above the first quarter of 2006, according to the county's Statistics Institute, INE.

• Wednesday, May 31st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Peruvian underdog candidate could give a surprise

  Peruvian ultra nationalist candidate Ollanta Humala could perform better than expected in next Sunday's presidential run-off in spite of being ten points behind favourite Social democrat Alan Garcia.

• Wednesday, May 31st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Petrobras announces jumbo petrochemical complex

  Petrobras presented plans for a 6.5 billion US dollars petrochemical complex described as the “biggest single project in the history of the company.”

• Wednesday, May 31st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Uruguayan vet elected OIE vice president

  The World Animal Health Organization seated in Paris, OIE, nominated Uruguay's delegate Dr. Carlos Correa as vice-president following an overwhelming 95% support from the 140 countries present at the annual meeting.

• Wednesday, May 31st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  FAO calls for improved fisheries management

  Booming fish exports are having a positive effect on food security in the developing world, but good management of fisheries by developing nations is essential if they are going to continue to benefit over the longer term, FAO said Tuesday.