Mercosur

• Friday, August 12th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Hard left slam Kirchner & Bielsa over Malvinas oil

  A group of around 100 protesters belonging to the leftwing Trotskyist Socialist Workers Movement (MST) this afternoon staged a noisy demonstration outside the Foreign Ministry building in downtown Buenos Aires protesting over Argentina's current policies vis-à-vis the disputed Malvinas-Falklands Islands.

• Thursday, August 11th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Pinochet's wife and son jailed for tax fraud

  Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet's wife and youngest son were indicted and arrested Wednesday in Santiago on tax fraud charges in connection with the millions of dollars discovered in the family's secret bank accounts overseas.

• Thursday, August 11th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Venezuela-Uruguay sign 25 year oil deal

  Venezuela will guarantee Uruguay's oil supply for the next 25 years as part of an energy deal that also includes providing fuel to other countries in the region.

• Thursday, August 11th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Bielsa opens Malvinas Seminar, rejects charges of electioneering.

  Speaking to the press after officially opening a two day seminar on “The Malvinas in the South American Union” at the Foreign Ministry this morning Argentine Foreign Minister Rafael Bielsa rejected charges that he was blatantly using the Malvinas conflict for electoral purposes.

• Thursday, August 11th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Sinking of Belgrano as a war crime advocates present case

  Three advocates of the view that the sinking of the Argentine Navy cruiser ARA General Belgrano during the 1982 South Atlantic war should be treated as a war crime this afternoon presented their case at “The Malvinas in the South American Union” seminar being held at the Foreign Ministry.

• Wednesday, August 10th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Serbian war criminal accepts extradition to Holland

  Serbian war criminal Milan Lukic, 37, accused of the murder of hundreds of Muslim during the Balkans conflict agreed Tuesday to be extradited and face charges before a United Nations tribunal in The Hague.

• Wednesday, August 10th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  “Malvinas and the South American Union” conference

  A two days conference on the Falkland Islands conflict and sovereignty dispute to be opened and closed by Foreign Affairs Minister Rafael Bielsa will be held this week in Buenos Aires, sponsored among others by the Malvinas Families committee.

• Wednesday, August 10th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Chavez extends his influence to Mercosur

  Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez arrived late Tuesday night in Montevideo as part of a brief visit to the “Southern axis” which includes Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil where he's scheduled to sign several bilateral trade and integration agreements.

• Wednesday, August 10th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Havana calls for release of alleged spies

  The United States should immediately release five Cubans convicted on espionage charges following an appeals court's decision to grant them a new trial, a high-ranking official said in Havana.

• Wednesday, August 10th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  China reveals composition of currencies basket

  The United States dollar, the Euro, the Japanese Yen and the South Korean won are the main currencies of the new reference basket introduced by China following the July 21 revaluation of the Yuan.