Mercosur

• Tuesday, June 7th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Santa Cruz Government disallows claim filed on fishery bribes

  Argentina_Santa Cruz Governor, Sergio Acevedo, disallowed on Monday a serious accusation submitted by a fishing company and denied government officials had been involved in the request of important bribes to grant fishing permits.

• Monday, June 6th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Bush pushes for free trade in OAS

  U.S. President George W.Bush told the 35th OAS General Assembly underway on Monday that the future peace and prosperity of the Americas would come through free trade.

• Monday, June 6th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  EU treaty referendum postponed

  Britain has “postponed” ratification of the European Union constitution, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has announced.

• Sunday, June 5th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Markets take heart as Uruguay breaks leftwing mould

  Danilo Astori is sitting at an imposing table in his oak-panelled office in Montevideo, filling the air with softly spoken words about his excellent relationship with the International Monetary Fund, improving the business environment and the inevitable end of Uruguay's state monopolies.

• Saturday, June 4th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Bielsa promises “Malvinas” campaign in OAS summit

  “Malvinas” is a priority issue which Argentina will present to the Organization of American Status (OAS) XXXVth. General Assembly which meets this Sunday until next Tuesday in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

• Saturday, June 4th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Euro caught up in EU crisis

  The Constitution was meant to make the EU work more smoothly after its enlargement to 25 states from 15 last year and had nothing to do with the euro set up by 12 members in 1999.

• Friday, June 3rd 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Debt swap concluded

  Argentina officially ended one of the most agonising periods of its recent history when it announced the completion of its record $100bn debt exchange on Thursday.

• Friday, June 3rd 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Chilean inflation in May, 0,3%

  The Chilean Consumer Prices Index increased 0,3% in May, accumulating 1,4% in the first five months of 2005 and 2,7% in the last twelve months, according to the country's Statistics Institute.

• Thursday, June 2nd 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Mysterious chicken respiratory illness in Brazil

  Authorities ordered the slaughter of 17,000 chickens after 6,000 chickens died from a mysterious respiratory illness in a central western Brazilian state, officials said.

• Thursday, June 2nd 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  New OIE risk guidelines for beef exports

  The world animal health organization OIE set new guidelines on beef exports and the risk of mad cow disease on Thursday, adopting a new country code and making deboned red meat freely traded under certain conditions.