Mercosur

• Thursday, January 26th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentina/Uruguay pulp mills dispute expected to cool

  The pulp mills conflict between Argentina and Uruguay will be aired in international courts announced Wednesday Entre Rios province governor Jorge Busti. But the whole bi-national dispute seems to be cooling off following the indirect involvement of Brazil and Chile.

• Thursday, January 26th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Greenspan returns to consulting business

  The chairman of the United States Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan plans to open his own consulting business in Washington under the name of Greenspan Associates when he retires from the job next week, revealed the Wall Street Journal.

• Thursday, January 26th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Scepticism about EU-Mercosur agreement next May

  The European Union does not believe a free trade agreement with Mercosur can be reached during the coming EU-Latinamerica and Caribbean summit next May in Vienna.

• Thursday, January 26th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  “Governance issues” not legitimacy are the region's problems

  Secretary General José Miguel Insulza of the Organization of American States (OAS), speaking this week in Brussels, Belgium, defended the legitimacy of Latinamerican governments, highlighting the transparency of the latest elections in the region, Bolivia, Chile and Honduras.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  More unemployment in spite of robust global growth

  The number of people unemployed worldwide climbed to new heights in 2005, --particularly in Latinamerica--, as robust economic growth failed to offset an increase in people seeking work - especially among the vast and growing legion of jobless youth, the International Labour Office (ILO) said in its annual Global Employment Trends released Tuesday.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Latinamerican expansion cooling, forecasts UN

  Latinamerica is the developing region which will expand less in 2006, -below Asia and Africa-, with 3.9%, said United Nations Undersecretary-General Jose Antonio Ocampo on presenting the latest edition of the UN World Economic Situation and Prospects.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  QM2 passengers launch mass lawsuit

  Passengers on board the luxury liner Queen Mary 2 have initiated a mass lawsuit against the ship's operator. A UK law firm told the BBC news website it has registered a class action on behalf of “disappointed holidaymakers”.

• Tuesday, January 24th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Pinochet's Family has been arrested for Tax Evasion

  A judge in Chile has charged Lucia Hiriart, the wife of former dictator Augusto Pinochet, and four of their children, with fraud over millions of dollars held in secret bank accounts abroad.

• Tuesday, January 24th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Canada Conservatives win election

  Canada's opposition Conservatives were heading for a narrow victory in Monday's national election, ending 12 years of Liberal rule, major television networks said.

• Tuesday, January 24th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Zero corruption, zero bureaucracy Pte. Morales said to his new Cabinet

  Bolivia's new president, Evo Morales, has named union leaders and fellow Indians to his first cabinet with a mission to eradicate corruption and end neo-liberal policies.