Mercosur

• Tuesday, January 10th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Flight to check volcanic eruption in South Sandwich

  Mount Belinda on Montagu Island in the South Sandwich Islands is erupting, reports the South Georgia government.

• Tuesday, January 10th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Caruana to London for Trilateral and Defence talks

  Gibraltar Chief Minister Peter Caruana is scheduled to meet with Foreign Secretary Jack Straw in London this week. This was confirmed to the Gibraltar Chronicle by the local government.

• Tuesday, January 10th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  “Minor seism” felt in Ushuaia and Rio Grande

  A slight seism, with a II to III Mercalli intensity was felt Monday night in two of Tierra del Fuego's main cities, the capital Ushuaia and Rio Grande.

• Tuesday, January 10th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Latinamerican countries condemn US migration proposal

  Foreign Affairs ministers from ten Central and South American countries met in Mexico Monday and condemned United States proposals to tighten border controls including the building of a wall along parts of the US-Mexico frontier.

• Monday, January 9th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Spain's Army Commander relieved for “indiscipline”

  Spain's Army Commander Lieutenant General Jose Mena Aguado was relieved from his duties following threatening comments on Spain's unity, which Defence Minister Jose Bono described as an act of “indiscipline” but “isolated”.

• Monday, January 9th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Migration to the US, key issue of Mexican election

  The illegal migration of Mexicans to United States is rapidly becoming a key topic of this year's Mexican presidential election: the current administration claims the number of “wetbacks” has considerably dropped in recent years and the opposition argues poverty and unemployment is pushing hundreds per day to the north.

• Monday, January 9th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Chinese buses and trains for Cuba

  Cuba received twelve locomotives and the first 80 out of a total 1,000 buses purchased from China, an operation involving 100 million US dollars.

• Monday, January 9th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Chile's international reserves steady above 16 billion US dollars

  Chile's international reserves closed 2005 at 16.193 billion US dollars with a December increase of 938 million US dollars, reports the country's Central Bank.

• Monday, January 9th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Massive rally to close Bachelet's campaign in Chile

  Chilean ruling coalition presidential candidate Michelle Bachelet will be holding a massive final rally, ahead of Sunday's run off, with full support from local and Spanish artists who have promised to sing and entertain a crowd estimated in over 100.000.

• Sunday, January 8th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Bolivian elected president woos China

  Bolivian elected president Evo Morales began Sunday his visit to China declaring himself a great admirer of Mao Zedong and his “proletarian revolution” but also urged Chinese businesses to invest in key sectors of the Bolivian economy, including natural gas and oil.