Mercosur

• Tuesday, March 22nd 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Standard Wool Chile active in Magallanes.

  Standard Wool Chile is active in the Magallanes Region wool market in spite of the recent blaze which completely destroyed its processing plant in Punta Arenas.

• Tuesday, March 22nd 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Hot News from Pta. Arenas.

  Headlines:
  Queen Mary II scheduled to call in Punta Arenas; Aquaculture courses; Torres del Paine park fire lasted 30 days.

• Tuesday, March 22nd 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Rumsfeld arrives in Buenos Aires as part of LA tour.

  US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld arrived in Buenos Aires yesterday evening and is spending around 24 hours here today as part of a Latin American tour. This morning, he is scheduled to meet with his counterpart, José Pampuro.

• Tuesday, March 22nd 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Mercosur resumes EU talks; signs with India

  Mercosur and European Union negotiators resumed Monday in Brussels discussions with the purpose of reaching a much delayed free trade agreement between the two blocks. Meantime in New Delhi a framework trade understanding was signed with India.

• Tuesday, March 22nd 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Lan Chile purchases Argentine airline.

  Lan Chile reported Monday that it had agreed conditions for the acquisition of Aero 2000 in Argentina, which will enable the Chilean flag carrier to consolidate operations in South America.

• Monday, March 21st 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Pinochet's son says ex-general had up to $11 mn

  Marco Antonio Pinochet Hiriart, younger son of former Chilean dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet, said in an interview published Sunday by the Chilean press that his father had between $8.5 million and $11 million in bank accounts in the United States

• Sunday, March 20th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile's president performance rating: 76%

  With only a year before his term is up, a categorical 76% of Chileans approve Socialist President Ricardo Lagos administration, according to an opinion poll conducted by independent firm Ipsos Chile.

• Sunday, March 20th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Hot News.

  Headlines:
  Nitro-glycerine in flight arriving to Montevideo;
  Fearing inflation Brazil basic rate surges to 18,75%;
  Argentina and Vatican on collision course.

• Saturday, March 19th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Latinamerica first bullet train in Brazil.

  Brazil will have the first bullet train in Latinamerica. The super speed train to be built by Italian corporations will cover a distance of 205 kilometres at a speed in the range of 250 kilometres per hour.

• Friday, March 18th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Congress rejects Mesa's call for early elections.

  Bolivian lawmakers on Thursday rejected as legally “unacceptable” a proposal by President Carlos Mesa to hold early elections.