Mercosur

• Monday, May 22nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Air pollution unites ordinary Spaniards and Gibraltar

  Although there are areas of disagreement between Gibraltar and Spain, ordinary people in both countries are united in being deeply concerned after an incident at the weekend.

• Sunday, May 21st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Red Ensign Group Conference in Bermuda

  A shipping conference for United Kingdom Overseas Territories and crown dependencies has been taking place at Bermuda.

• Sunday, May 21st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  “Mad about Malvinas, but that's it”

  Malvinas/Falklands, vindication of war veterans, the two British-Argentine armed conflicts, Argentina's cornucopia and corruption, Guido di Tella and current British-Argentine relations are some of the issues addressed by The Buenos Aires Herald Andrew Graham-Yooll in a long interview with La Nacion.

• Sunday, May 21st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Monserrat volcano erupts

  A dome that had been growing atop the volcano on this Caribbean island collapsed Saturday, sending debris cascading down the mountain and raining ash over a wide area, scientists said. No injuries were reported.

• Saturday, May 20th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Garré opens Malvinas' conflict round of debates

  “Malvinas is a national cause which unites all Argentines”, although the 1982 conflict “was manipulated” by a “terrible dictatorship” which was foundering, said Argentina's Defence minister Nilda Garré Friday during the opening of a round of conferences on the Argentine-British war.

• Saturday, May 20th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Urgent financial support needed to consolidate Haiti

  The international community must give urgent financial support to the Government of newly elected President Réné Préval of Haiti, who will lack the money to pay State workers in the immediate future the United Nations Secretary-General's outgoing Special Representative in that country, Juan Gabriel Valdés, said Friday.

• Saturday, May 20th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Cruise vessels calling in Chile up 20%

  The number of luxury line cruise ships calling at Chilean ports grew to a record breaking 120 in 2005, up by 20% over the previous season. Industry leaders say that even more cruise ships are on the horizon.

• Saturday, May 20th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Mill chat runs out of meaning

  The Uruguayan government believes there is nothing left to discuss personally between their president, Tabaré Vázquez, and his Argentine counterpart regarding the construction of two pulp plants in Uruguay.

• Friday, May 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  “We'd rather have Chavez inside, than on the loose”

  Mercosur is suffering a “serious institutional problem” because there hasn't been effective understanding between country members on how to address macroeconomic synchronization difficulties, admitted Brazil's presidential advisor Marco Aurelio Garcia during an interview with Folha do Sao Paulo.

• Friday, May 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Chilean industry invested two billion US dollars in 2005

  Tourism projects in Chile for 2005 totalled two billion US dollars and prospects of greater expansion are expected once the casinos bill is sorted out according to the country's Chamber of Commerce, Services and Tourism, (CNC).