Mercosur

• Tuesday, January 25th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  Australia's South Seas fisheries “expansionist attitude”

  Uruguay's head of the Fisheries Department Captain Yamandu Flangini warned about the “expansionist attitudes” behind developed countries maritime policies which could lead to serious limiting of fisheries activities and recalled that two Uruguayan longliners have already suffered the consequences of this initiative.

• Monday, January 24th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  Arab UN Security Council permanent member suggests Brazil.

  Brazil suggested that an Arab country be incorporated to the United Nations Security Council as a permanent member.

• Monday, January 24th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  Fisheries News.

  Headlines:
  INIDEP assesses hake biomass in San Jorge Gulf; Commercial southern hake farming in 2008.

• Monday, January 24th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  EU-Mercosur talks resume next April.

  Mercosur and European Union representatives will resume next April in Asunción, Paraguay, the bogged free trade negotiations, reported last Friday the Paraguayan Foreign Affairs Ministry.

• Monday, January 24th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  Spanish president visits Brazil, Argentina and Chile.

  Spanish president Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero began Sunday an official visit to the Southern Cone, --the first since taking office--, which will take him to Brazil, Argentina and Chile.

• Monday, January 24th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  Breaking News.

  Headlines:
  Chile resumes overseas investing; Divorces overtake marriages in Uruguay; Punta Arenas prefers Argentine doctors; Antarctic tourism booming; Shanghai second port in the world.

• Sunday, January 23rd 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  Petrobras to invest a billion dollars in Espirito Santo

  Brazil's government owned oil company Petrobras plans to invest the equivalent of 994 million US dollars in the South-eastern state of Espírito Santo, north of Rio do Janeiro, to develop oil and gas production projects, according to the Brazilian press.

• Sunday, January 23rd 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  High official Chinese visit to Latinamerica and Caribbean

  Chinese Vice President Zeng Qinghong travelled Sunday to Mexico, the first leg of a Latin American tour that will take him to Peru, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, and Jamaica, where he is slated to attend the China-Caribbean Economic and Trade Cooperation Forum 2005, the official Xinhua news agency reported.

• Sunday, January 23rd 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  New British Ambassador in Uruguay.

  Dr Hugh Salvesen has been appointed Her Majesty's Ambassador to The Oriental Republic of Uruguay in succession to Mr John Everard who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment.

• Friday, January 21st 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  Chirac & Kirchner meeting.

  “The president stressed the importance of a rapid settlement of difficult cases, in particular for companies dealing with public services,” said Chirac's spokesman, Jerome Bonnafont, referring to Aguas Argentinas and Edenor, a unit of Electricité de France.