Mercosur

• Thursday, May 26th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Congress and Greenpeace after Lula da Silva

  Brazil's Congress will for the first time investigate alleged corruption cases in the administration of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva following a congressional agreement between the opposition and some groups of the ruling coalition.

• Wednesday, May 25th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Protest go larger in Bolivia

  Tens of thousands of protesting Indians flooded central La Paz and blocked routes to the city on Tuesday to demand that Bolivia's natural gas riches be nationalized and its constitution rewritten.

• Wednesday, May 25th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Soledad Alvear gives up race to lead Chile

  One of the women vying to become the presidential candidate for Chile's ruling coalition has quit the race.

• Wednesday, May 25th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Telesur a new LA network born

  Venezuela's government has started test transmissions for a new Latin American television network, Telesur, intended as an ideological rival to CNN.

• Wednesday, May 25th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile's Peso gains against U.S. Dollar

  Chile's peso rose against the dollar as higher prices for copper, the country's top export, and faster growth than Latin America's largest economies boosts inflows.

• Tuesday, May 24th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Aerolineas flies the flag and cautions Lan Chile

  “We expect Lan Chile to be fully committed to Argentina and not consider the country as simply another market”, cautioned Aerolineas Argentinas CEO Antonio Mata who drastically marked the competing rules for the incoming airline during an interview with the Buenos Aires press.

• Tuesday, May 24th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Federal Fisheries Council orders squid season closure on 28 May

  Argentina_The Federal Fisheries Council (CFP) will ask the Enforcement Authority to proceed with the closure of the squid (Illex argentinus) fishery south of parallel 42º 15' S as of next 28 May.

• Monday, May 23rd 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Punta Arenas: Hot News

  Headlines:
  ENAP closes five oil rigs in Magellan Strait; Punta Arenas maritime agents disagree with peso billing.

• Monday, May 23rd 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Kirchner admits obstacles to Mercosur

  Mercosur has “deep asymmetries” and until they are not solved, “the regional block will not have the viability of other integration processes”, said Argentine president Nestor Kirchner who next May 25 commemorates his second year in office.

• Monday, May 23rd 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Chavez threatens to cut relations with Washington

  President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that Venezuela would break relations with the United States if Washington did not extradite “assassin and terrorist” Luis Posada Carriles to Caracas who was arrested last Tuesday in Miami.