Mercosur

• Thursday, March 23rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  International funds returning to Argentina

  International funds are returning to Argentina according to the latest balance of payments figures revealed by the country's Census and Statistics Institute, Indec.

• Thursday, March 23rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Bachelet seeks more integration

  Chilean President Michelle Bachelet yesterday told Argentine lawmakers that the two nations that were on the brink of war in 1978 when both were ruled by military dictatorships now need to bury past differences and work toward greater regional economic and political integration.

• Thursday, March 23rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Millennium passengers killed in Chile bus accident

  A tour bus swerved to avoid an approaching truck and tumbled 300 feet down a mountainside in northern Chile, killing 12 American tourists and injuring two others, U.S. and Chilean officials said.

• Thursday, March 23rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Breaking news

  Headlines:
  Unemployment up and reaches 10.1% in Brazil; Bombs in the eve of Argentina's 1976 coup anniversary;
  US Homeland Security to help Brazil.

• Thursday, March 23rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Caribbean cruise vessel fire kills one and injures 11

  A fire apparently started by a cigarette spread smoke through a cruise ship in the Caribbean Thursday, killing an American, injuring 11 other people and damaging about 150 cabins, officials said.

• Thursday, March 23rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  A friendly Socialist Bachelet hand for Vazquez

  “A good Socialist always helps another Socialist”, that seems to have been the driving force behind the brief visit to Uruguay of Chilean president Michelle Bachelet who managed to put in scarce four hours in Montevideo after having concluded two intense days in Buenos Aires.

• Wednesday, March 22nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina, Chile to forge strategic alliance

  Bachelet, who took office on March 11, opened the first state visit of her presidency calling on Kirchner to discuss growing trade and political ties ? and the sensitive issue of future Argentine supplies of natural gas to Chile.

• Wednesday, March 22nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Breaking News

  Headlines:
  First South Georgia's visitors guide; Brazilian team surveyed humpback whales in SG; Uruguay grew 6.6% in 2005; Meat per capita consumption in Chile: 75.5 kilos.

• Wednesday, March 22nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  A third of Argentina's population is poor

  Almost 34% of Argentina's urban population was described as poor at the end of 2005, with a 6.4 points drop on a year to year basis, according to the latest numbers from the official Census and Statistics Office.

• Wednesday, March 22nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Ecuadorian Army clears roadblocks but protests continue

  Ecuadorian security forces began removing roadblocks placed by indigenous groups protesting against talks for a free trade agreement with United States.