Mercosur

• Monday, December 5th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  President Chavez and Mercosur summit stage

  The half year Mercosur summit to be held this week in Montevideo, Uruguay, will test the re-vitalized Buenos Aires-Brasilia axis which was the highlight of the recent presidential meeting, next to the Iguazu falls, between Argentina's Nestor Kirchner and Lula da Silva from Brazil.

• Monday, December 5th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  Colin Farrell in Uruguay to film “Miami Vice”

  The talented Irish star Colin Farrell is currently in Uruguay where a remake of the famous “Miami Vice” has began to be filmed.

• Monday, December 5th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  Mrs Kirchner's heats Chilean presidential election

  Chilean opposition parties bitterly complained the scheduled participation of Argentine First Lady Cristina Kirchner in Thursday's final rally of the ruling coalition candidate Michelle Bachelet for next Sunday's presidential election.

• Monday, December 5th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  Mexico's ruling party close ranks behind candidate

  Felipe Calderon, 43, became Sunday Mexico's ruling party National Action Party, PAN, presidential candidate for the July 2006 general election.

• Sunday, December 4th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  Chavez blames “Mr. Danger” for election boycott

  Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez blamed United States president George W. Bush for the opposition boycott to this Sunday's congressional election describing the situation as a new US conspiracy against his government.

• Sunday, December 4th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  UK call for scrapping agriculture subsidies

  The Finance ministers from the G7 group (most industrialized nations) meeting in London called for a renewed attempt to break the deadlock in world trade talks, ahead of the WTO Hong Kong December 13/18 meeting.

• Saturday, December 3rd 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  Aerolineas Argentinas back in the air

  Aerolineas Argentinas pilots and mechanics ended Friday a nine days strike which grounded Argentina's flag carrier and stranded over 80.000 domestic and international travellers.

• Friday, December 2nd 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  Mercosur: Six months before Venezuela's incorporation

  Venezuela expects to begin fully integrating to Mercosur by the end of June 2006 following the signature next week in Uruguay of the official proceedings leading to its full membership.

• Friday, December 2nd 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  Peru: choosing between “bad and worse”

  One of Peru's top novelists described the political option faced by Peruvians in next year's presidential election as one between bad and worse.

• Friday, December 2nd 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  Brazil “has no candidate” in Bolivia's election

  Brazil tried Thursday to downplay President Lula da Silva's words of support for the left wing Indian candidate who leads Bolivian public opinion polls in the run up to December 18 presidential election.