Mercosur

• 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.

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

  Argentina: provisional 380.000 tons hake catch

  Argentina established a total common hake (Merluccius hubbsi) catch of 380.000 tons for 2006, which represents a 5% increase over last year, according to the Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Food Secretariat (SAGPyA) Resolution 90/2005.

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

  Sanctions for Argentine companies catching in Falklands

  The province of Chubut in Patagonia is pressing for sanctions against Argentine fishing companies, affiliates or under foreign control that operate in Falkland Islands waters, reported this week the Argentine press.

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

  Mercosur “rebel” member, seen from Buenos Aires

  Uruguay says it is tired of being treated as Argentina's “little sister” and has begun to rebel against its bigger brother neighbours and assert itself as an economic power in its own right.

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

  Argentina-Brazil pharmaceutical plant to combat HIV

  Argentina and Brazil will join efforts to build a pharmaceutical plant for the production of drugs to combat several diseases including HIV.