Mercosur

• Wednesday, July 27th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Duhalde and Menem challenge Kirchner “beyond differences”

  Argentine president Nestor Kirchner campaigning for the coming October mid term elections attacked his predecessor Eduardo Duhalde and a possible electoral alliance with former president Carlos Menem in politically strategic province of Buenos Aires.

• Wednesday, July 27th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina: Trawlers landed more than 18,000 tonnes of squid so far this year

  According to the statistics provided by the National Directorate of Fisheries and Aquaculture (DNPyA), Argentine shortfin squid (Illex argentinus) total landings so far are estimated at 136,874 tonnes.

• Wednesday, July 27th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Mexico City Mayor resigns to begin presidential bid

  The mayor of Mexico City who has a comfortable lead in early polls for next year's presidential election resigned from his job on Tuesday to seek his Democratic Revolution Party's, PRD, nomination.

• Wednesday, July 27th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Colombian ambassador next IDB president

  Colombian Ambassador in Washington Luis Alberto Moreno was elected Wednesday as the new Inter American Development Bank, (IDB) President. He takes office next October for a five year teems and will be replacing Enrique Iglesias who held the job for 17 years.

• Tuesday, July 26th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Crucial week in US Congress for CAFTA

  The White House urged the House of Representatives the approval this week of the Central American and Dominican Republic Free Trade Association, CAFTA, before the summer recess which will extend the whole of August.

• Tuesday, July 26th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Determined to loose weight? try Tokyo

  The gap in food prices between cities famous for their high cost of living such as New York and London, and Tokyo kept increasing according to a report from the Japanese government.

• Tuesday, July 26th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Yuan managed flotation will help “gain time”

  The revaluation of the Chinese currency and its managed flotation will help gain time but won't solve by themselves all the misbalances of the economy, according to Dr. Yu Yongding, member of China's Central Bank Monetary Policy Committee.

• 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.