Mercosur

• Monday, February 23rd 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine bondholders meet to plan recovery of losses

  Representatives of investors with more than $30bn (?23.6bn, £16bn) in defaulted Argentine bonds will meet on Tuesday in New York to work towards a joint plan for recovering their losses.

• Sunday, February 22nd 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Uruguayan Ambassador Says Flangini Not Speaking for Government

  Uruguay's top fisheries official has been denounced as a loose cannon in his country for challenging Australia's sovereignty of McDonald and Heard islands in the Southern Ocean.

• Sunday, February 22nd 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Brazil's Carnival Celebration

  After a night of partying, men in wedding dresses, women in nun's habits, and imitation Arab sheiks danced with 40,000 others to traditional sambas on the second day of the world's most famous carnival celebration Saturday

• Friday, February 20th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Vigorous recovery of Argentine industry

  Argentine industry expanded 3,2% in January compared to December while industrial
  capacity dropped to 65,6% (form 66,5%) according to the latest release from the National Statistics and Census Office.

• Friday, February 20th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Duhalde ratifies Mercosur support for Toledo

  Mercosur expressed its full support to Peruvian president Alejandro Toledo and called on the people and leaders of the country to defend the democratic system “in the framework of respect to constitutional principles”.

• Friday, February 20th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Maya V Crew Arrest Conditions Lightened

  Bail surety to ensure crew alleged to be involved in pirate toothfishing aboard the Maya V did not flee the country, was lessened yesterday by an Australian Court.

• Thursday, February 19th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina: Pickets plan 100 blocks nationwide

  A showdown that many fears could turn violent was brewing here Wednesday, the eve of planned massive road blockades by radical protesters known for masking their faces and carrying clubs.

• Wednesday, February 18th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Maya V: Uruguay and Australia hold talks

  Uruguay is holding talks with Australia and considering several alternatives for the liberation of imprisoned crewmembers from the Uruguayan flagged longliner “Maya V” caught in Australian waters allegedly illegally fishing Patagonian toothfish.

• Wednesday, February 18th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Corruption ring nested in Lula's office

  The Brazilian government launched an aggressive counter campaign to deter the impact of a corruption ring exposed by the Brazilian press that forced the resignation of a high ranking official from the office of President Lula da Silva's most trusted and powerful advisor.

• Tuesday, February 17th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Rammell warns about “excessive ambitions”

  United Kingdom regrets that since last December charter flights to the Falkland Islands have been suspended and wishes to resume negotiations with Argentina said British Foreign Office Minister Bill Rammell this Monday in Buenos Aires.