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• Tuesday, April 5th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  USA doubts “effectiveness” of EU Cuba policy

  United States Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick doubted Tuesday the effectiveness of the Europe Union's softening diplomatic stance towards Cuba and advocated focusing efforts on the island's “future”.

• Tuesday, April 5th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  US supports EU candidate for WTO chair

  United States implicitly supported this Tuesday in Brussels French candidate Pascal Lamy for the post of World Trade Organization Director General, who is competing with three other hopefuls, Luiz Felipe Seixas Correa from Brazil; Carlos Perez del Castillo from Uruguay and Jayen Cuttaree, Mauritius Island.

• Tuesday, April 5th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Uruguayan Fisheries Department on the spotlight

  A controversy involving scientific observers on board Uruguayan flagged high seas fishing vessels became public this week in Montevideo following claims of payment contract breach and working conditions disregard in 2003 and 2004.

• Monday, April 4th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile: Breaking News.

  Headlines:
  Chilean Navy incorporates Dutch frigates; Son of President Lagos Magallanes Senator candidate; Similar 2004 winter gas shortage forecasted; Business association concerned with unemployment; Business association concerned with unemployment; Successful Antarctic cruise season.

• Monday, April 4th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Political turmoil brewing in Mexico

  Mexico's political left is rallying behind the capital's mayor, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador the early presidential front-runner who could be knocked out of the race this week if Congress lifts his immunity from prosecution.

• Monday, April 4th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine Army kept funds donated for conscripts in 1982

  An estimated 54 million US dollars donated in 1982 for Argentine servicemen, mostly conscripts, fighting in the Falklands War was “transferred to armed forces accounts” reported Clarin on its Sunday editions.

• Monday, April 4th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Controversy over Caricom's votes for Chile

  At least eleven of the fourteen Caribbean Community members will vote for Chilean Interior Minister Jose Miguel Insulza during next Monday's process to nominate the Secretary General of the Organization of American States, OAS, according to Surinam's Foreign Affairs Secretary Marie Levens.

• Monday, April 4th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Good investment prospects in emerging markets

  Investments in emerging markets will continue in 2005 pushed by capital influx mainly to China and greater activity in debt bonds trading, according to the Institute of International Finances, an organization representing 300 international banks which last week met in Madrid, Spain.

• Monday, April 4th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Brazil and Uruguay sign energy cooperation

  Uruguay and Brazil signed several memorandums of understanding for joint operations or cooperation in energy, oil and gas exploration, telecommunications and education sectors during a ceremony last Friday in Brasilia on the conclusion of Uruguayan president Tabare Vazquez's visit to Brazil.

• Sunday, April 3rd 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  World remember John Paul II as men of Peace.

  Pope John Paul II died on Saturday at the age of 84, ending a 26-year reign that is likely to go down as one of the most memorable in the 2,000 year history of Christianity.