Mercosur

• Thursday, October 28th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile: less poor people but the rich are richer.

  Poverty has dropped but the gap between rich and poor continues to widen according to Chilean public opinion perception indicates a poll released this Wednesday in Santiago by Fundación Chile 21.

• Thursday, October 28th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Soap opera and politics in Sao Paulo's Mayor race

  The race for mayor of South America's largest city Sao Paulo to be decided in a runoff Sunday, has taken on elements of a steamy Brazilian soap-opera, including complex romantic alliances, flowing tears and police raids on cockfights

• Thursday, October 28th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  EU Parliament forces names changes in Commission

  The incoming president of the European Commission admitted this Wednesday he will have to change his team of commissionaires following strong opposition in the 732 member European Parliament

• Thursday, October 28th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Lan Chile strong earnings in third quarter

  Lan Chile reported this week earnings totalling 36,4 million US dollars during the third quarter of this year which represents a 60% increase over the same period in 2003.

• Thursday, October 28th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  OPEC suggests US draw on oil reserves

  Purnomo Yusgiantoro president of the Vienna based Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, called on the United State to make use of its strategic reserves to help calm world markets.

• Thursday, October 28th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Booming dairy exports in Chile

  Chile dairy exports during the first eight months of this year reached 50 million US dollars, 55% increase over the same period last year, according to Carlos Furche from Chile's Agriculture Studies and Policies Office.

• Thursday, October 28th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Repsol-YPF president resigns

  Repsol-YPF president Alfonso Cortina presented this week his resignation as CEO of the Spanish-Argentine hydrocarbons corporation.

• Thursday, October 28th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Spectacular rebound of world tourism

  Tourism results for the period from January to August 2004 collected by the World Tourism Organization (WTO) show a spectacular rebound of tourism as all regions saw a surge in international arrivals.

• Wednesday, October 27th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Fisheries News.

  Headlines:
  Controversy in Spain over trawling; Canada and EU agree on conservation; Chilean mussel producers in conflict; Peruvian fisheries exports reach 1,2 billion US dollars; Galicia patents system to prevent commercial fraud; Galicia patents system to prevent commercial fraud; Pioneer experiment to study hake migration; Pioneer experiment to study hake migration; Australia wants a crackdown on Antarctic fisheries plundering.

• Wednesday, October 27th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine high court upholds “pesification”

  Argentina's Supreme Court ruled this Tuesday that the forced conversion of dollar-denominated deposits to devalued pesos two years ago was constitutional angering account holders who anticipated they would appeal before an international court.