Mercosur

• Thursday, October 27th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  Spain: Fuel protest paralyzes maritime trade

  Dozens of cargo ships were kept waiting outside Spain's Mediterranean ports to unload yesterday as fishermen striking over fuel subsidies blockaded ports along the coast, industry sources said.

• Thursday, October 27th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  Pucara celebrates 30th anniversary

  Argentine Air Force is scheduled to celebrate today the 30th anniversary of the commissioning of the IA-58 Pucara
  
  aircraft, a light attack aircraft that saw active service in the Falkland/Malvinas war.

• Wednesday, October 26th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  Punta Arenas and Chilean Navy honour Shackleton

  Alexandra Shackleton and descendents from the Chilean captain who helped rescue Sir Ernest Shackleton's “Endurance” Antarctic expedition in 1916 gave a special “Antarctic” flavour to Chile's celebration last Sunday of the Magellan Strait discovery 485th anniversary.

• Wednesday, October 26th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  FAM threatens Brazil's foreign trade

  Brazil created Tuesday a special inter-ministerial task force to coordinate efforts in combating the outbreak of foot and mouth disease that has expanded to several southern states, while neighbouring Argentina is ready to declare a sanitary alert given the proximity of the area involved.

• Wednesday, October 26th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentinian missing biologist body found in Antarctica

  Authorities said on Tuesday that they have found the body of one of two Argentines missing for more than a month in Antarctica after their snowmobile plunged into a deep ice crevasse.

• Wednesday, October 26th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  Indian choppers for Chile?

  In single largest sale ever by the Indian Defence establishment to another country, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee left on Tuesday night for Chile to close a Rs 400-crore deal of about 30 indigenously-made Advanced Light Helicopters.

• Tuesday, October 25th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  LAN Argentina begins Miami flights December

  Lan Argentina announced the beginning of an international service between Miami and Buenos Aires, Argentina on December 1, 2005.

• Tuesday, October 25th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  “Almost a plebiscite” for the Kirchner administration

  The idea of a victory which was “almost a plebiscite” on the current Argentine administration is the official message that has emerged following Sunday's mid term election when President Nestor Kirchner and allies obtained a resounding victory in the crucial province of Buenos Aires and 17 other districts.

• Tuesday, October 25th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  Fed chairman nominee promises “continuity”

  President George W Bush nominated Tuesday his chief economic advisor, Ben Bernanke to succeed Alan Greenspan as United States Federal Reserve chairman.

• Tuesday, October 25th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  Uruguay-France urge approval of Mercosur-EU deal

  The urge in reaching a Mercosur-European Union free trade agreement was highlighted Monday by Uruguayan and French presidents Tabare Vazquez and Jacques Chirac during a meeting of both leaders in Paris.