Mercosur

• Thursday, April 28th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  King George Island attracted 1,000 tourists

  Tourist activity in King George Island, particularly in the Chilean sector, increased 30% over the previous season according to Commander Dennis Harvey Parada, head of the Chilean Antarctic base President Frei.

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

  Washington anticipates harder line with Chavez

  United States is considering a long term strategy which could mean a stronger position in dealing with Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, since maintaining a “pragmatic relation” with him seems impossible, reports The New York Times.

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

  Ecuador: looking for a constitutional solution

  Washington still does not recognize the new Ecuadorean authorities which emerged following the ousting of elected president Lucio Gutierrez, said United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice currently visiting Latinamerica.

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

  “Democracy is not only elections”

  US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice argued Tuesday in Brazil that the “political, economic and social problems of the Latinamerican region countries are making democracies fragile”.

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

  Chile apologizes for Lan Peru video incident

  Chilean Foreign Minister Ignacio Walker said Tuesday that tourism video shown onboard flights of the Peruvian affiliate of Chilean flag carrier Lan highlighting crime dangers and public-health problems in Lima had been “foolish”.

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

  Fisheries News.

  Headlines:
  EU Fisheries commissioner warns about budget cuts; Strong Spanish presence in the European Seafood Exposition; NZ Treasury asked to peg dollar value on seabed; EU removes safeguards on Chilean salmon; Illegal fish landings threaten Scottish Executive.

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

  Huge but quiet Airbus makes first test flight

  The world's largest passenger plane, the Airbus A380, completed a maiden flight Wednesday that took it over the Pyrenees mountains, a milestone for aviation and for the European aircraft-maker's battle with American rival Boeing Co.

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

  Argentina protests inclusion of Falklands/Malvinas in EU constitution

  Argentina officially rejected Wednesday the inclusion of the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and South Sandwich islands as “British Antarctic Territory” in the European Union Constitutional Treaty and has informed European institutions of its “reservations” about the case.

• Tuesday, April 26th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina: record crop with logistics problems

  Argentina is harvesting a record crop of 82 million tons in 2005, almost 12 million over last year, but is also facing serious logistics problems because of insufficient transport and port facilities to handle the greater volumes.

• Tuesday, April 26th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Conciliatory Mexico City's Mayor returns to office

  Bolstered by a Sunday million people support march, the judicially beleaguered mayor of Mexico City defied Monday the Attorney General's office and returned to his workplace nineteen days after the Mexican Congress stripped him from prosecution immunity.