Mercosur

• Saturday, May 8th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile legalizes divorce after decades of debate

  Chilean President Ricardo Lagos on Friday signed the nation's first-ever divorce legislation, a bill that took nine years to get through Congress.

• Saturday, May 8th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Chavez blames Bush's “imperialism” for soaring oil prices

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Friday blamed the recent spike in world oil prices on U.S. counterpart George W. Bush and his “imperialist policies.”

• Saturday, May 8th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  More than 100 Argentine Policemen ousted

  President Nestor Kirchner ousted more than federal 100 police officials and revamped key policing operations Friday, moving to improve the force to fight rising crime.

• Friday, May 7th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Encouraging Mercosur-EU talks in Brussels

  Mercosur reacted positively to the first details of the European Union opening market offer presented this week in Brussels in the framework of ongoing bilateral talks to reach a cooperation and free trade agreement by next October.

• Thursday, May 6th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  More Argentine naval presence in South Atlantic

  Argentina is planning to significantly increase its naval presence in the South Atlantic to consolidate “open spaces” and protect fisheries thus preparing for “problems in the future”, said Argentine Defence Minister José Pampuro.

• Thursday, May 6th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine inflation modest but?

  Consumer prices in Argentina during April increased 0,9%, the highest since March 2003, accumulating 2% in the first four months of 2004, according to the Statistics and Census Institute.

• Thursday, May 6th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Uruguay consumer prices climb 1,23% in April

  Consumer prices in Uruguay during April advanced 1,23% reaching 4,09% in the first four months of 2004. The Uruguayan Statistics Institute indicated that the increase was mainly because of vegetable and fruit prices influenced by a strong summer drought and the incoming winter fashion in Clothing.

• Wednesday, May 5th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Fed keeps rate unchanged at 1%

  The Open Market Committee of the United States Federal Reserve decided this Tuesday to keep the Federal funds rate unchanged at 1%.

• Wednesday, May 5th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile: Breaking News.

  Headlines:
  Inflation remains below one digit in Chile; Neo-Nazi march in Santiago banned; More Chilean troops to Haiti.

• Wednesday, May 5th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Growing number of Peruvians long for Fujimori

  A majority of Peruvians 88,6%, disapprove President Alejandro Toledo's administration and 20,2% said they would vote for former president Alberto Fujimori if elections were held now, according to an opinion poll by the Peruvian Market Research Company, CPI published this week in Lima's press.