Mercosur

• Tuesday, July 26th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  US oil appetite behind rift with Washington, claims Chavez

  The main motive for the rift with United States are the huge hydrocarbons resources of Venezuela which the country wishes to share with the people of the Caribbean, Central America and South America, alleged president Hugo Chavez.

• Tuesday, July 26th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Mexico and Brazil leading regional economies

  Mexico and Brazil figure as the leading Latinamerican economies and ranked ten and thirteen according to the latest world Atlas report from the World Bank. The ranking is based on the Gross National Income.

• Tuesday, July 26th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  UK promises compensation for Menezes family

  British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw promised compensation to the family of Jean Charles Menezes, the Brazilian national shot and killed by London police last Friday after believing he was a suicide terrorist.

• Tuesday, July 26th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Strong expansion of air traffic in Chile

  International passenger traffic from and into Chile expanded 8,1% during the first quarter of 2005 compared to a year ago, according to the latest release from Chile's Civilian Aeronautics Agency.

• Tuesday, July 26th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Strike grounds all Aerolineas Argentinas flights

  A strike launched Tuesday by Aerolineas Argentinas pilots, technicians and machinists to press for pay increases has paralyzed all of the carrier's operations.

• Monday, July 25th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  WTO chief warns about lack of progress

  World Trade Organization Chief Supachai Panitchpakdi said the time had come to press the alarm button over the lack of progress in the WTO's free trade talks.

• Monday, July 25th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Petrobras interested in exploring the River Plate

  Brazil's oil company Petrobras is interested in exploring for hydrocarbons in Uruguay's sea platform and next month will be signing a memorandum understanding with Uruguay's oil company Ancap.

• Monday, July 25th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  South Pacific fisheries surveillance planned

  Australia and Chile will be holding a round of talks next August to explore the possibility of a regional agreement that would include New Zealand, for the conservation of marine living resources, given the growing threats from poaching.

• Monday, July 25th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Ushuaia certified as safe by IMO

  The Ushuaia port terminal in Tierra del Fuego which concentrates a majority of world maritime traffic with Antarctica has been officially certified as a safe port by the International Maritime Organization.

• Monday, July 25th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Chilean wine and beef sales steam ahead

  Chilean wine and beef exports keep steaming full ahead with annual sales forecasted to grow 6 to 9% and beef shipments in the first five months jumping 350%.