Mercosur

• Monday, December 6th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Breaking News.

  Headlines:
  Aerolíneas del Sur takes off this Monday; Record UVR in Punta Arenas; Chilean expedition researching in South Pole; Exploratory gas drilling in Tierra del Fuego; Local cellular phones in King George Island.

• Monday, December 6th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Financial News.

  Headlines:
  Euro stronger and stronger; Chilean peso stronger against US dollar; Chilean November inflation 0,3%; Argentine consumer prices unchanged in November; Brazilian sports industry immune to economic cycles.

• Monday, December 6th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  UN Climate Change Convention in Buenos Aires.

  The tenth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 10) begins this Monday in Buenos Aires with the participation of experts from all over the world.

• Monday, December 6th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Pinochet's 8 million US dollars in travelling expenses.

  Former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet collected 6,8 million US dollars as travelling expenses during several overseas trips between 1974/76, according to some Chilean Defence Ministry declassified documents.

• Sunday, December 5th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  South American Community not to compete with OAS.

  Peruvian Foreign Minister Manuel Rodriguez Cuadros said on Saturday that the future South American Community of Nations will neither seek to minimize nor compete with the Organization of American States (OAS) because the two are complementary.

• Friday, December 3rd 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Korean jigger accident with ammoniac gas.

  For the fifth time this year a Korean fishing vessel moored in the port of Montevideo experienced a leak of ammoniac gas with several crewmembers injured.

• Friday, December 3rd 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Lan Chile begins flights to Ushuaia

  Lan Chile began this Wednesday three weekly flights to Ushuaia in Argentine Tierra del Fuego, with stops in Puerto Montt and Punta Arenas.

• Friday, December 3rd 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  EU urges negotiations to end Colombian conflict.

  The European Commission believes Colombia will not solve its decades-old internal conflict with a strictly military approach and suggested negotiations should be explored.

• Thursday, December 2nd 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  US concerned with Venezuela's MiGs purchase.

  A senior US President Bush administration official was critical of Venezuela's plans to acquire Russian-made MiG-29 fighter jets, adding that the United States “shoots down” this type of warplane.

• Thursday, December 2nd 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Killer of Chilean Senator arrested in Argentina

  A Chilean judge on Wednesday indicted for murder and kidnapping a left-wing extremist arrested this week in Argentina