Mercosur

• Monday, September 19th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Bielsa calls on Britain for Falklands negotiations

  Argentine Foreign Affairs Minister Rafael Bielsa addressing the United Nations General Assembly called on Britain to resume Falkland Islands sovereignty negotiations, as has been established by “a succession of UN resolutions”.

• Monday, September 19th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Bolivian Indian leader ahead in public opinion poll

  Bolivian Indian and peasant leader Evo Morales ranked for the first time as the leading contender for the coming December presidential election according to a public opinion poll published Sunday in La Paz.

• Sunday, September 18th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Plan to promote Magallanes lamb “nutritional values”

  Magallanes organic lamb and mutton have a high “nutritional quality” and a competitive edge over other produce and these advantages should be concentrated in a distinct origin-denomination labelling, suggests the Chilean Foundation for Agriculture Innovation.

• Sunday, September 18th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Chavez claims US has “Balboa” plan to invade Venezuela

  Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez claimed to have documented evidence of United States intention of invading the country.

• Sunday, September 18th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile finally has a democratic constitution

  Chilean President Ricardo Lagos signed on Saturday the country's new constitution with sweeping reforms which eliminates the “authoritarian legacy” from the previous text drafted and imposed on Chile in 1980 by then dictator Augusto Pinochet.

• Saturday, September 17th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  United Nations Ozone Day: “more still to be done”

  United Nations celebrated Friday the 20 years of international efforts to repair the planet's ozone layer, which filters out the sun's ultraviolet rays that cause skin cancer, cataracts and other ills, as an example of the world body's value in mobilizing and coordinating multilateral action to address global issues.

• Saturday, September 17th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  China shows no signs of slowing down

  The Chinese boom shows no signs of slowing down according to a report from the Organization for Cooperation and Economic Development, OCDE, and will keep growing at the average 9,5% recorded during the last twenty years.

• Friday, September 16th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Pinochet received bribes from BAE

  United Kingdom arms manufacturer British Aerospace, BAE, paid through front companies over two million US dollars to General Augusto Pinochet, reveals a joint investigation by the British newspaper The Guardian and Chile's La Tercera.

• Friday, September 16th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina, richest country in Latinamerica

  Argentina figures as the richest country in Latinamerica according to the latest report from the World Bank which takes into account other items beyond the traditional per capita Gross Domestic Product, to measure countries' wealth.

• Friday, September 16th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  No end in sight to Mar del Plata fishermen's strike

  The Argentine government and the fishing unions are locked in a salary dispute which has paralyzed the country's main fleet in Mar del Plata. Unions are demanding the implementation of Ministry of Labour resolution 254/05 stipulating salaries must be paid in US dollars.