Mercosur

• Wednesday, April 26th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile expands oil production in Ecuador

  Chile's government owned oil company ENAP will expand its hydrocarbons activities in Ecuador in conjunction with the host country's company Petroecuador.

• Wednesday, April 26th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Uruguay to take pulp mills dispute to EU/Latam summit

  Uruguayan president Tabare Vazquez will participate of the European Union/Latinamerica leaders' summit scheduled for next month in Vienna with the purpose of “putting on the table” the ongoing pulp mills dispute with Argentina.

• Wednesday, April 26th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Brazilian Gol airline begins flying to Chile

  Brazilian airline Gol, one of the fastest growing in the industry will begin regular flights to Chile with 21 weekly schedules, reported the company in Sao Paulo.

• Wednesday, April 26th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  EU calls for a trade “compromise and sacrifice”

  The European Union is refusing to give up hope for stalled global trade talks and vowed to cut farmers support if other trade partners made similar sacrifices.

• Wednesday, April 26th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Uruguay displacing Argentina in forestry industry

  Uruguay is rapidly displacing Argentina in the South American forestry and pulp industry and ranks only behind Brazil and Chile.

• Wednesday, April 26th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Uruguay after a “more balanced” Mercosur with Mexico

  Uruguay wants Mexico to join Mercosur so a “better internal balance” can be achieved, said President Tabare Vazquez in Mexico City.

• Tuesday, April 25th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Two cases of West Nile virus reported in Argentina

  Two cases of West Nile virus in horses have been detected in Argentina whose authorities have reported them to the Paris based Epizooties International Office and following international procedure, have banned all live horse exports.

• Tuesday, April 25th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Cash crisis grounds Falklands' Vulcan project

  A multi-million-pound bid to re-launch a historic supersonic bomber, which had been provisionally booked for the 25th Falklands liberation anniversary, could be permanently grounded after a cash crisis, reports the Cambridge Evening News.

• Tuesday, April 25th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Kirchner to talk Mercosur with Lula today

  The leaders of Argentina and Brazil are meeting in Sao Paulo this evening to discuss the future of the embattled Mercosur trade bloc, which is undergoing the worst political crisis since it was created 15 years ago.

• Tuesday, April 25th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  High oil prices and global warning are boosting renewable Bio-Energy

  Under the pressure from soaring oil prices and growing environmental constraints, momentum is gathering for a major international switch from fossil fuels to renewable bio-energy sources such as sugar cane or sunflower seeds, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today.