Mercosur

• Monday, January 23rd 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Mad cow cases in Canada and Japan

  Two new cases of mad cow disease were confirmed in leading world markets: Canada and Japan. A dairy cow in Alberta tested positive for mad cow disease, officials confirmed Monday and Japanese authorities reported a similar situation with a 5 year cow which died in a Hokkaido dairy farm.

• Monday, January 23rd 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Fresh beginning for HMS Endurance in Ushuaia

  For the first time in over thirty years the Royal Navy Ice Patrol HMS Endurance called Monday in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego and Captain Nick Lambert said he hoped it signalled a fresh beginning for Argentine and British nationals.

• Sunday, January 22nd 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Peru and Brazil inaugurated the new Integration Bridge

  The presidents of Peru and Brazil, Alejandro Toledo and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, on Saturday inaugurated the new Integration Bridge which spans their common border and opens a Pacific Ocean trade route for Brazil.

• Sunday, January 22nd 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Bolivian Indians proclaim Morales their supreme authority

  Bolivian President-elect Evo Morales, dressed in a bright red tunic worn only by the most important pre-Inca priests, promised to do away with vestiges of his country's colonial past Saturday in a spiritual ceremony at an ancient temple on the eve of his inauguration.

• Sunday, January 22nd 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Japan renews ban on US beef fearing BSE

  Japan renewed the ban on United States beef imports following the discovery of outlawed spinal material, which has been scientifically linked to Spongiform Bovine Encephalitis, or “mad cow” in a shipment of veal from New York.

• Saturday, January 21st 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Bolivian: Indians in power to stay

  In the ancient temple of a lost civilization far from the Government Palace, barefoot Evo Morales will ask Andean gods for help and guidance Saturday on the eve of his inauguration as Bolivia's first Indian president.

• Saturday, January 21st 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  De Menezes family consider London Police report

  The family of Jean Charles de Menezes are considering the offer of a private briefing from the police watchdog on some of the findings of its report into his fatal shooting by anti-terror officers.

• Friday, January 20th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Political pipeline opens for natural gas network

  The presidents of Brazil, Argentina and oil-rich Venezuela decided together here Thursday to push ahead with a Pharaonic project for a north-south continental gas pipeline seen as crucial to increased South American unity.

• Thursday, January 19th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Mercosur 2 to give smaller fry a break

  The presidents of Brazil and Argentina yesterday pledged to try to answer the demands of small nations in Mercosur for a better deal from the trade bloc.

• Thursday, January 19th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Bolivia's coveted gas and oil resources

  When Bolivian elected president Evo Morales takes office next Sunday the energy industry will be closely watching his first steps given the country's vast resources and the incoming leader's rhetoric.