Mercosur

• Monday, March 28th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Tim Adams to replace John Taylor in US Treasury

  The White House announced that Timothy Adams a form chief of staff in the US Treasury Department has been nominated for the job of Under Secretary for International Affairs.

• Monday, March 28th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  US and Venezuela inch closer

  The Venezuelan government praised the latest statements from Secretary of State Condolezza Rice who assured that “nobody” including the current administration in Washington wants to be “an enemy of Venezuela or its leaders”.

• Monday, March 28th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Following on the “Dresden” course

  A German television crew working from Punta Arenas is re-editing the last months of the First World War I German Navy light cruiser Dresden which participated in the battle of Colonel, was the only survivor of the Royal Navy victory in Falklands and spent months hiding in south Chile before being discovered.

• Monday, March 28th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile and Peru agree to “2 plus 2” talks in April

  Chile and Peru Foreign Affairs ministers Ignacio Walker and Manuel Rodriguez Cuadros announced in Morocco that the “two plus two” mechanism of bilateral meetings will take place next April 21 when the alleged sale of weapons by Chile to Ecuador in 1995 will be addressed.

• Sunday, March 27th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Judge who indicted Pinochet retires

  Chilean Judge Juan Guzman Tapia who indicted former dictator Augusto Pinochet, is about to retire, a Judiciary spokesperson said Saturday in Santiago.

• Sunday, March 27th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Cuba willing to talk human rights and elections with EU

  Members of the Friendship and Solidarity with Cuba Group from the European Parliament called on the Cuban government to release jailed dissidents and grant more political space.

• Sunday, March 27th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Fishing: The New Resource War

  Until the mid 20th century, the ocean was a key watery terrain of conflict between competing colonial powers seeking to expand their control over territories and natural resources

• Sunday, March 27th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Giant Antarctic iceberg afloat again.

  European satellite Envisat radar imagery confirms that the B-15A iceberg ? the world's largest floating object ? is adrift once more in Antarctic waters after two months aground on a shallow seamount.

• Sunday, March 27th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Duhalde underlines Mercosur 14 years of achievements

  Eduardo Duhalde president of the Mercosur Permanent Representatives Committee praised this Monday in the achievements of Mercosur on its 14th anniversary.

• Saturday, March 26th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  News in Brief

  Headlines: “Gauchos” contest in Uruguay; Duhalde in Morocco for Mercosur-Arab League talks; IMF board congratulates Lula; Chagas' disease alert for visitors to Brazil; Canadian Speaker visit Buenos Aires; Chile-Peru dispute; Frozen billions; Petrobras to raise its investment in 25 %; Colombian Police Find Submarine for Drugs.