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• Monday, May 16th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Spain preparing to expel undocumented immigrants

  Spain's Socialist government warned Monday that the undocumented immigrants who were not eligible under the current amnesty must leave the country.

• Saturday, May 14th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina traps Korean jigger poaching

  The Argentine Coast Guard arrested Thursday midday a Korean flagged jigger allegedly poaching north of Comodoro Rivadavia with over 200 tons of squid. This is the sixth vessel Argentina catches illegally fishing in its EEZ since the season began.

• Saturday, May 14th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Ms. Rice's positive and negative populism

  United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice promised before the US Congress to resist what she described as growing “undemocratic populism” in Latinamerica.

• Saturday, May 14th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  WTO: Lamy wins race for top job

  Pascal Lamy of France has won the race to lead the World Trade Organization and should be appointed later this month, the head of the selection panel said yesterday.

• Saturday, May 14th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  New York court lifts Argentine bond freeze

  A New York appeals court lifted a freeze on $7bn of Argentine defaulted bonds, removing what Buenos Aires had claimed was an obstacle to completing its record $100bn debt-restructuring.

• Friday, May 13th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Foot-and-mouth scare threatens New Zealand

  As farmers and exporters in this nation of ten times more sheep than people hope a foot-and-mouth scare turns out to be a hoax, analysts warned yesterday that if it proves true, the disease could devastate the nation's economy.

• Thursday, May 12th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  FCO: no surprises in EU constitution

  In a brief release the United Kingdom Embassy in Brazil pointed out Wednesday that references to the Falkland Islands as a British Overseas Territory in the European Constitution are expressed in identical terms to those in European Union treaties since Britain joined in 1971.

• Thursday, May 12th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Latinamerica trade surplus with US grows 14,7%

  Latinamerica and the Caribbean countries trade surplus with United States increased 14,7% in March reaching 8,36 billion US dollars, reported Wednesday the US Commerce Department.

• Thursday, May 12th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Brazil's inflation surges in April

  Brazil's consumer price index rose a 0.87% in April the highest monthly rate since last July (0,91%) according to the latest release from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, IBGE. Last March the index increased 0.61%.

• Thursday, May 12th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Bolivia on the verge of another major crisis

  Powerful Bolivian Indian leader Evo Morales rejected Wednesday President Carlos Mesa call for a consensus, insisting that his party will press for the immediate implementation of the Hydrocarbons bill which significantly hikes royalties and taxes for foreign oil and gas companies operating in the country.