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• Monday, April 10th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Chilean transition to democracy “complete, but not perfect”

  Chilean president Michelle Bachelet, who this week begins an official state visit to Brazil said to a Brazilian magazine that the transition (to democracy) in Chile “is complete, but not perfect”.

• Monday, April 10th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Populist leftist Humala wins Peru's first round

  Ollanta Humala, a former army commander whose nationalist campaign has polarized Peruvians, held a narrow lead in Peru's presidential election on Sunday, initial official results showed.

• Monday, April 10th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina: So far, no changes in hake quotas

  The current hake (Merluccius hubbsi) fishing quotas are to be maintained at least until the results of the recent surveys on the resource are evaluated, said National Undersecretary of Fisheries Gerardo Nieto.

• Monday, April 10th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  FCO 1974 proposal to share Falklands with Argentina

  “The war was a mistake; if we hadn't gone to war Argentina today would almost certainly have the Malvinas/Falklands”.

• Monday, April 10th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Montevideo and Buenos Aires, best cities in Latam

  Montevideo and Buenos Aires rank as the two cities in Latinamerica with the best quality of living according to a survey released Monday by Mercer Human Resources Consulting which regularly assesses cities worldwide.

• Monday, April 10th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Uruguayan president to meet Bush in White House

  Next May Uruguayan president Tabaré Vazquez will be visiting US president George Bush in the White House, was announced in Montevideo.

• Monday, April 10th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Fund to combat FAM in South America

  Southern Cone countries have requested 100 million US dollars from the Interamerican Development Bank, IDB, to combat foot and mouth disease, announced Brazilian Agriculture minister Roberto Rodrigues.

• Sunday, April 9th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Brazil's first astronaut returns to Earth

  Lt Col Marcos Pontes, the first Brazilian to go into space, has returned to Earth after nine days on the International Space Station.

• Sunday, April 9th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Peruvians to vote for president

  A close three-way contest in Sunday's presidential election could put Peru on a leftist track akin to Venezuela and Bolivia, or provide the nation with its first female head of state, or even hand a second-chance to a former president who oversaw economic devastation.

• Sunday, April 9th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  “UK in the South Atlantic for a long time”

  “Recovering the Malvinas will take time; Great Britain is going to be around in the South Atlantic for some time to come”, forecasts Argentine ambassador Lucio Garcia del Solar an expert in Falklands/Malvinas affairs and an emblematic figure of Argentine diplomacy.