Mercosur

• Saturday, September 4th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Vidiela & 17 other indicted.

  Federal Judge Jorge Urso yesterday indicted former dictator Jorge Videla, his interior minister A. Harguindeguy and 16 other former members of the bloody 1976-1983 military régime on charges of participating in the Cóndor Plan, a scheme co-ordinating illegal repression by South American dictatorships.

• Friday, September 3rd 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Eurozone interest rate remain unchanged.

  The European Central Bank, ECB, left Eurozone interest rates unchanged at a record low 2% and anticipated stronger economic growth in spite of oil prices.

• Friday, September 3rd 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  IMF optimistic about world growth.

  The International Monetary Fund, IMF, raised world growth estimate above the original 4,6% forecast and asked country members of APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) to advance in the implementation of “flexible exchange rate” systems.

• Thursday, September 2nd 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile's efforts to reduce Argentine gas dependence.

  ENAP, Chile's government owned oil company and which is leading a project to put an end to Chile's dependence on Argentine natural gas supplies, has already selected a location for constructing the plant that will re-gasify imported liquefied natural gas. The new plant will be located in Quintero, north of Valparaiso in central Chile's Region V.

• Thursday, September 2nd 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Fisheries News

  Headlines:
  Argentina rejects softening toothfish restrictions; Patagonian ports landed 260,000 tons; Peru looks to Galicia for fisheries joint-ventures.

• Thursday, September 2nd 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Supreme Court Justice Resigns in Argentina.

  A Supreme Court justice resigned on Wednesday rather than face Senate impeachment proceedings, the fourth judge targeted in a high court purge led by President Nestor Kirchner.

• Thursday, September 2nd 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine bomb suspects acquitted.

  The five members of the so-called “local connection” implicated in the 1994 extremist bombing of a Jewish cultural center in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people were acquitted here Thursday for lack of evidence. Relatives immediately reacted calling it the “end of Justice” in Argentina.

• Wednesday, September 1st 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Brazilian economy picking up speed.

  Brazil's economy is recovering strongly after last year's contraction according to the latest release from the Brazilian Geography and Statistics Institute, IBGE.

• Wednesday, September 1st 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina expects record beef export year.

  Argentine beef exports during the first half of this year jumped 52% in volume and 72% in revenue compared to the same period a year ago.

• Wednesday, September 1st 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Breaking News.

  Headlines:
  APEC Tourism ministers summit in Punta Arenas;
  Santa Cruz cracks on rustling; Last Ona descendent dies at 91.