Mercosur

• 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.

• Friday, March 25th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Inflation fears in United States

  United States consumer price index jumped 0,4% last February over January, the highest surge since October, while the basic index, excluding food and energy, increased 0,3%.

• Friday, March 25th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Portman, new US Trade Representative

  US president George Bush named Republican Congressman Rob Portman Foreign Trade Representative because he's the “appropriate man” to push forward with the country's trade agenda.

• Friday, March 25th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Cuban crackdown on “anti-social” dissidents

  Cuban authorities announced Wednesday a campaign by the Committees for the Defence of the Revolution (CDR), considered the “eyes and ears” of the Communist regime, against dissidents and others officially labelled “anti-social elements”.

• Friday, March 25th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  With gas, Bolivia hopes to regain sea access

  President Carlos Mesa said Bolivia is prepared to sell natural gas to Chile as long as its neighbour agrees to give this landlocked nation access to the Pacific Ocean, a Bolivian goal ever since it lost its coastline to Chile in a 19th century war.

• Thursday, March 24th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Nafta leaders show unity but problems persist.

  President George Bush signed Wednesday a pact with the leaders of neighbouring Mexico and Canada aimed at boosting security and economic ties.

• Thursday, March 24th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Venezuela splits up landed estates.

  Venezuela has declared a huge British-owned cattle ranch to be state property and handed out permits for local farmers to take over the land.