Mercosur

• Friday, July 22nd 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina begins squid survey next July 25.

  Next Monday 25 July a group of 16 Argentine flagged jiggers and trawlers will be participating in a shortfin squid (Illex argentinus) research survey undertaken by the Mar del Plata National Institute for Fisheries Research and Development, INIDEP.

• Friday, July 22nd 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  New target date for EU-Mercosur accord: May 2006

  The European Union seeks to reach an associative agreement with Mercosur in May 2006, and will attempt to achieve a breakthrough in the stagnated negotiations at a September meeting in Brussels.

• Thursday, July 21st 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Fed anticipates higher interest rates

  United States Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said before Congress that interest rates are likely to keep rising given the US economy expectations of a solid growth.

• Thursday, July 21st 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Chinese economy expands 9,5% in first half

  China's GDP expanded 9,5% in the first half of 2005, two tenths less than in the same period of 2004 but with no signs of overheating, according to the latest release from the National Bureau of Statistics.

• Thursday, July 21st 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  IDB president election far from consensus

  Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Nicaragua and Venezuela candidates will be participating next week in the most disputed election ever to name the Inter American Development Bank, IDB, next president.

• Wednesday, July 20th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Maersk-Sealand extends operations to Ushuaia

  Maersk-Sealand announced this week that it had began operating its own depot in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego. Depot operations actually began on July 10th with the call of Maersk Ferroll.

• Wednesday, July 20th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Drought could cost Argentina $225 million

  Farm land planted with wheat in Argentina could fall by 10% compared to the previous season because of the severe drought, according to industry figures published Tuesday in Buenos Aires.

• Wednesday, July 20th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Bielsa blends politics and literature with K's blessing

  Argentine Foreign Affairs minister Rafael Bielsa made his official debut Tuesday evening as head of the list of candidates for the Lower House of the City of Buenos Aires in the coming October mid term elections.

• Wednesday, July 20th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  America's summit: “Jobs creation”, the heart of the matter

  Argentina admitted Tuesday having differences with the United States regarding the Americas Summit scheduled for next November in Mar del Plata but these are concentrated in “the drafting of the final document and security”.

• Wednesday, July 20th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Bolivian Indians feel they can win presidency

  Socialist Bolivian peasants' leader Evo Morales is confident he can build an alliance, based on support from the country's indigenous majority, that this time will ensure him victory in December's presidential election.