Mercosur

• Tuesday, February 10th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Crew scuttles Taiwanese jigger caught poaching

  The crew of a Taiwanese jigger under hot pursuit from the Argentine Navy for illegal fishing flooded the vessel and set her on fire before being picked up by another waiting jigger.

• Tuesday, February 10th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  UN Chilean phones bugged during Iraq debate

  The Chilean United Nations legation was bugged in February 2003 during the crucial debates over a resolution allowing the use of force against Iraq, revealed then Chilean Ambassador Juan Gabriel Valdés, quoted by a Santiago daily.

• Monday, February 9th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Montevideo harbours 17 IUU long-liners

  At least seventeen long-liners which international organizations for the conservation of marine living resources claim are involved in illegal, unreported and/or undeclared fishing have been normally operating in the port of Montevideo since 1996.

• Monday, February 9th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Stern warning form G 7 to Argentina

  The Group of Seven more industrialized countries of the world, G-7, meeting in Florida this weekend demanded Argentina abandon its strong bargaining tactics with defaulted sovereign bond holders or run the risk of financial isolation.

• Monday, February 9th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  “D” day for Graf Spee range finder

  The operation to recover a vital piece of the sunken World War Two German pocket battleship Graf Spee resting in shallow waters of the River Plate is scheduled to begin this Monday.

• Monday, February 9th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Radioactive cargo crosses Panama Canal

  The British flagged “Pacific-Sandpiper” loaded with radioactive waste crossed this weekend the Panama Canal, according to the Panamanian Human Rights chapter.

• Monday, February 9th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  “Useful and constructive” dialogue

  The International Monetary Fund and Argentina held this Monday in Miami a top level five hours meeting that was later described in an official release as “useful and constructive”.

• Saturday, February 7th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  No Deal in Free Trade of Americas Talks

  Deputy ministers from 34 nations in the Americas failed to reach agreement Friday on a framework for the Free Trade Area of the Americas, stymied by differences on the contentious issue of U.S. farm subsidies.

• Friday, February 6th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Latin American bonds are shaken but not stricken

  US interest rates will rise and it may take slightly longer for Brazilian overnight rates to fall than was previously expected.

• Friday, February 6th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Lavagna to meet Koheler in Miami on Monday

  Government deaf to G7 call for constructive talks on defaulted debt. “There will be no turning back” on 25 cents per dollar offer.