Mercosur

• Tuesday, March 21st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine official adamant with “John Cheek” effect

  “There should be no concessions for fishing companies operating in the Falklands and Argentina”, argues the province of Buenos Aires Deputy Fisheries Secretary Oscar Fortunato.

• Tuesday, March 21st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Reserves external auditing for oil companies in Argentina

  Oil and gas companies operating in Argentina must have their reserves annually certified by external auditors, announced the Argentine government.

• Tuesday, March 21st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Main issue in Bachelet/Kirchner summit: natural gas

  A sustained provision of Argentine natural gas to Chile tops the bilateral agenda for Chilean president Michele Bachelet who on Tuesday will be travelling to Argentina for her first overseas official visit since taking office just over a week ago.

• Tuesday, March 21st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Pulp mills dispute: pickets lift blockade

  Picketers voted late Monday night go lift “for an indefinite period” the blockade of the route leading to the international bridge linking Argentina with Uruguay which had been closed to all traffic for almost two months.

• Tuesday, March 21st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  South American gas pipeline “non viable and illusory”

  Petroleum and energy experts seriously questioned this week Venezuela, Brazil and Argentina's project to build a 20 billion US dollars pipeline in South America describing it as somehow illusory and non viable.

• Tuesday, March 21st 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Mercosur cancels 15th anniversary celebration

  President Nestor Kirchner's administration has cancelled Mercosur fifteenth anniversary celebrations scheduled for next Monday in Argentina's Congress given the current conflicting situation with Uruguay over the construction of two pulp mills, according to Argentine diplomatic sources.

• Monday, March 20th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Breaking News: Tourism Pta. Arenas.

  Headlines:
  Successful first Antarctic campaign for DAP Mares; Chilean Patagonia, main attraction at Berlin tourism forum; Chile plans promotion of nautical tourism in southern coast; Queen Mary 2 next March 27.

• Monday, March 20th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Pickets humiliate Argentine Navy's pride

  Pickets which have become part of Argentina's daily existence storming at random some of the main accesses to Buenos Aires or blockading all road traffic with Uruguay have added another victim to their long list: the country's main naval base.

• Monday, March 20th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  No. of fatalities rises to 8 in TV reality show train accident

  An 80-year-old woman died Sunday, bringing to eight the number of people killed in a bizarre train accident during the shooting of a reality TV program in western Uruguay, medical personnel said.

• Sunday, March 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Ultra nationalist leads in Peruvian presidential race

  Peruvian former army officer Ollanta Humala, campaigning on an ultra nationalist populist ticket, has retaken the lead against conservative lawyer Lourdes Flores in Peru's presidential race, according to a public opinion poll released Sunday.