Mercosur

• Wednesday, May 24th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  A new Country born in Europe

  Montenegro's leaders were cleared to run the world's newest state yesterday after official results showed 55.5 percent of voters had chosen independence, ending nearly a century of formal ties to Serbia and closing the final chapter in the story of Yugoslavia.

• Wednesday, May 24th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Web inventor: Internet is ready for big leap

  The World Wide Web is on the cusp of making its next big leap to become an open environment for collaboration, and its inventor said he has not been so optimistic in years.

• Wednesday, May 24th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Mercosur: “Civil society must help integration”

  Alvarez quit as Argentina's vice-president in October 2000 in what many consider the beginning of the end of the Radical-Frepaso alliance headed by then President Fernando de la Rúa, which collapsed amid deadly riots in December 2001 as the country fell into its worst-ever economic crisis.

• Wednesday, May 24th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Mexican opposition candidate apologizes to President Fox

  In an unexpected move the Mexican leading opposition presidential candidate apologised to President Vicente Fox for having used offensive language against him although he also criticized the government's support for the ruling party candidate.

• Wednesday, May 24th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  When cancelling sovereign foreign debt is not a good deal

  Chile could pay off by the end of the year its full foreign debt with the surplus generated from booming international copper prices.

• Wednesday, May 24th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Peru thanks Chile for “gagging” Fujimori

  Peruvian officials praised Tuesday Chile's decision to stop former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori, currently free on bail in Santiago, from making further political statements until the extradition process is over.

• Wednesday, May 24th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile and Uruguay lead in business' openness and access

  Chile and Uruguay figure as the leading Latinamerican countries where it's much easier to interact and exchange among people, businesses and nations, according to a report from a private US corporation released this week.

• Wednesday, May 24th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  ENAP looks for oil and gas in Magallanes

  ENAP, Chilean government owned petroleum company will be investing 2.5 million US dollars in exploring for oil and gas in two different areas, 60 and 120 miles to the northeast of Punta Arenas.

• Wednesday, May 24th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  FAO initiative to improve fisheries monitoring

  FAO unveiled an ambitious new collaborative initiative for improving reporting on the status of world fish stocks at a UN meeting on international fisheries policy being held in Rome this week.

• Wednesday, May 24th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Uruguay, Argentina, Australia, NZ, BSE-free

  Uruguay, Australia, New Zealand and Argentina were officially recognized by the World Animal Heath Organization, OIE, as the only four countries in the World free of Bovine Spongiform Encephalitis, BSA, more commonly known as “mad cow”.