Mercosur

• Monday, September 13th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Latinamerica holds 13% of world oil reserves.

  Latinamerica and the Caribbean hold 13% of known world oil reserves which represent 14% of world exports and 9% of global refining capacity according to Fernando Sánchez from the United Nations Latinamerica and Caribbean Economic Committee, Cepal.

• Monday, September 13th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Peru and Chile disagree over maritime border.

  Peru and Chile who share most of the southern hemisphere east Pacific coastline are again at odds over maritime borders which directly affect fisheries.

• Monday, September 13th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Violent Chilean anniversary.

  Three people with bullet injuries and over 200 arrests, was the final count of the violent protests in Santiago and other Chilean cities last Saturday, the 31st anniversary of the military coup led by former General Augusto Pinochet.

• Monday, September 13th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  “We must make Islanders feel they belong to Argentina”

  ”We have to make (Falklands) Islanders feel (without aggression or anything of the sort) that they are in a territory that belongs to Argentina; they must accept that they are over 13,000 kilometers away from London and geographically speaking they belong to Argentina”, Cesar Mayoral, Argentine Ambassador before United Nations is quoted in a Sunday interview with the Buenos Aires Herald.

• Sunday, September 12th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Project for Mercosur regional Defence Office.

  Mercosur member countries, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, plus associate members Chile and Bolivia are considering the establishment of a regional Defence Secretariat which could then advance in regional defence matters.

• Sunday, September 12th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Foot and mouth in Brazilian Amazon.

  Brazilian authorities confirmed Saturday the discovery of foot-and-mouth in the Amazon region, where a previous outbreak was reported almost three months ago.

• Sunday, September 12th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  US bank donates 680,000 acres in Tierra del Fuego.

  United States Investment Bank Goldman Sachs formalized this week in Punta Arenas the unprecedented gift of a sprawling wilderness in Chile to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS).

• Sunday, September 12th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Mercosur-EU “joint assessment” in Brasilia.

  Mercosur member country ministers will be meeting this Sunday in Brasilia with European Union Trade Commissar Pascal Lamy for a “joint assessment” of the difficult bilateral negotiations, said Brazilian Foreign Affairs minister Celso Amorim.

• Saturday, September 11th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  9/11 New York

  Last year, children's voices echoed across ground zero. This year, it is the bereaved parents and grandparents of World Trade Center victims who will read aloud the names of those lost on September 11, 2001.

• Friday, September 10th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  HMS Cardiff visits Valparaiso.

  South Atlantic Patrol Task HMS Cardiff is scheduled to arrive Friday afternoon in Valaparaíso, Chile's main port, where she's expected to remain until September 15.