Mercosur

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

  Bush will attend Summit of Americas.

  US President George W. Bush, who was yesterday sworn in for his second term in office, has confirmed his attendance at the Summit of the Americas to be held in the coastal city of Mar del Plata in November.

• Thursday, January 20th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  Brazil Offers to mediate the Colombia-Venezuela rift.

  Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva offered to intercede in a political rift between Colombia and Venezuela during a meeting Wednesday near the Amazon River with his Colombian counterpart.

• Thursday, January 20th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  Cuba set to snuff out indoor smoking

  Despite its reputation as a producer of fine cigars, Cuba is preparing to ask smokers to step outside before lighting up.

• Thursday, January 20th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  Tsunami deaths soar past 220.000.

  An Indonesian government ministry yesterday dramatically raised the country's death toll from last month's tsunami, sending the overall total soaring and into disarray.

• Thursday, January 20th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  Fisheries News.

  Headlines:
  Hake quotas protest in Argentina; EU: no financial aid for new fishing vessels.

• Thursday, January 20th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  EU promises not to let down Latinamerica.

  European Commission president Jose Manuel Durao Barroso promised Thursday to step up the bloc's trans-Atlantic efforts because “it is important that Europe does not disappoint our friends in Latin America”.

• Thursday, January 20th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  Bush pledged to spread liberty around the world.

  George W. Bush pledged on Thursday to use United States' power to spread liberty around the world, supporting “the growth of democratic movements and institutions in every nation and culture, with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny”.

• Wednesday, January 19th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  Airbus A 380 a “European success story”.

  European government leaders on Tuesday used the ceremonial unveiling of the Airbus A380 superjumbo to issue a rallying call for deeper European integration and industrial co-operation.

• Wednesday, January 19th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  Kirchner to talk utilities in France.

  President Néstor Kirchner and most of his Cabinet start today on a four-day official visit to France, where he is to meet with French President Jacques Chirac and local businessmen with interests in Argentina's utility sector.

• Wednesday, January 19th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

  Germans, Italians say Argentines offering bum deal.

  German holders of bad Argentine bonds are having none of the South American nation's push to exchange them for new ones, asking why they should trade old funny money for what they suspect will turn out to be more of the same.