Mercosur

• Tuesday, November 23rd 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Lucky, and grateful child.

  A seven year old child from Santiago won the equivalent of 200.000 US dollars in the Chilean Kino (lottery).

• Tuesday, November 23rd 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Bush promises more aid for Colombia.

  United States president George Bush pledged Monday continued support for the Colombian government in its fight against drug barons and Marxist oriented guerrillas that have ravaged the country for decades.

• Tuesday, November 23rd 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Pinochet's money, money, money?

  Although the origin of millions of US dollars in secret foreign accounts remains unexplained, former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet “hasn't stolen a single peso from anyone”, insisted this Monday in Santiago attorney Pablo Rodriguez.

• Tuesday, November 23rd 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  China wraps Latinamerican tour in Cuba

  Chinese president Hu Jintao arrived this Monday in Cuba, the last stop of his visit to Latinamerica, and as happened in Brazil, Argentina and Chile, his host Fidel Castro expects to sign important bilateral trade and investment agreements.

• Tuesday, November 23rd 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Oil prices and US federal budget condition world growth.

  The International Monetary Fund has lowered its world's 2005 growth forecast from 4,3% to above 4%, because of soaring oil prices and the situation with the United States budget deficit.

• Tuesday, November 23rd 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Mercosur and Chile's Asian seduction.

  Chile denied that it's planning to abandon regional agreements such as Mercosur and privilege relations with Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, APEC members.

• Monday, November 22nd 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Security scuffles and official banquet cancelled

  The Chilean Commander of Carbineros (Militarized police), General Alberto Cienfuegos played down the scuffle between President George W. Bush body guards and some of his men at the APEC Saturday night summit dinner, which be said was caused by the “excessive professional zeal” of US Secret Service agents.

• Monday, November 22nd 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Warnings to North Korea and Iran.

  Counter terrorism and trade liberalization are in the essence of the APEC Economic Leaders summit final Santiago Declaration which ended this Sunday in Chile.

• Sunday, November 21st 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Gunshot wounds and hundreds arrested in protests.

  Two policemen and one civilian sustained gunshot wounds before dawn Saturday in protests against U.S President George W. Bush and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC) summit taking place in Santiago de Chile, reported Carabineros.

• Sunday, November 21st 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Greenspan warns about US current account deficit.

  United Stated Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan warned in Berlin about the unsustainability of the US current account deficit. The recurrent US deficit in international trade currently stands at over 500 billion US dollars per annum which is above 5% of GDP.