Mercosur

• Thursday, April 6th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Venezuela and U.S. set rules for bilateral agenda

  Top officials from Venezuela and United States meeting for the first time under the administration of President George Bush agreed to separate “communicational” and diplomatic agendas in their bilateral relation.

• Thursday, April 6th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Gas in Chilean Tierra del Fuego, but in commercial volume?

  Chile's government oil company ENAP will announce next April 17 the results of the natural gas exploration survey and drilling in Tierra del Fuego.

• Thursday, April 6th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Bird flu cases found in Germany and Scotland

  Two new cases of the bird flu virus were reported in Europe yesterday as the death of a boy of 12 in Cambodia and the case of a sick baby girl in Egypt underlined the threat posed to children.

• Thursday, April 6th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Britain Nixes Argentina's Falklands Claim

  Britain reiterated its sovereignty over the Falkland Islands and rejected Argentina's claims in a letter to Secretary-General Kofi Annan circulated Wednesday.

• Thursday, April 6th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Lat. Aviation news.

  Headlines:
  Copa Airlines, 5 New Destinations for 2006;
  Aeromexico to go on the block; Varig running out of cash; Crisis nears end at LAB.

• Thursday, April 6th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina/Chile to discuss natural gas supply

  Energy officials from Argentina will travel to Santiago this month to discuss the supply of natural gas to Chile. Argentina's energy secretary, Daniel Cameron, will meet with Chile's mining minister, Karen Poniachik, and the executive secretary of the Chilean National Energy Commission (CNE).

• Thursday, April 6th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Euro Zone benchmark interest rate remains unchanged

  The European Central Bank left Thursday its benchmark rate unchanged at 2.5% but ECB president Jean Claud Trichet said the bank will do what is necessary to curb inflation, signaling he may support higher interest rates in coming months.

• Thursday, April 6th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Nationalist candidate leads comfortably Peruvian election

  With a few hours before Peru's Sunday's crucial presidential election two last minute public opinion polls have further complicated an already confusing political scenario.

• Wednesday, April 5th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Brief News

  Headlines:
  Chavez receives Russian built military helicopters; Copper prices record trend forecasted to continue; March consumer inflation in Chile: 0.6%.

• Wednesday, April 5th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Brazil begins protection of migrant Falklands' seabirds

  When you think of Brazil and birds, you probably think of rainforests and brightly-coloured parrots.