Mercosur

• Wednesday, April 16th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  EU now has 25 member states.

  Ten countries, eight of them former Soviet republics, this Wednesday joined the European Union after signing an enlargement treaty in the Acropolis of Athens, symbol of democracy, taking the number of EU states to 25, the most ambitious incorporation in the last fifty years.

• Tuesday, April 15th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  IMF-WB appeal to rich countries

  The International Monetary Fund, IMF, and the World Bank, WB, underscored to the international community the urgency of reaching an agreement in those areas currently been discussed in the framework of the World Trade Organization, WTO, but which remain considerably delayed.

• Tuesday, April 15th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  US “deception” with Chile

  Democrat Congress members have requested President George Bush a quick timetable for the signing of the free trade agreement with Chile, in spite of the South American country's opposition to the war in Iraq.

• Tuesday, April 15th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Breaking News

  HeadlinesOil glut in the horizon
  
  US consumer confidence recovering

• Tuesday, April 15th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine Elections.

  Headlines:
  Argentine candidates' policies towards the US.
  “Vote not to vote”.

• Monday, April 14th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine electorate keeps everybody guessing

  With less than two weeks for the crucial presidential election of April 27, the Argentine electorate has turned the dispute into one of the tightest and possibly most complicated election in recent history because of the dispersion of votes.

• Friday, April 11th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  IMF forecasts Argentina's recovery

  Argentina is forecasted to grow 3% this year and 4,5% in 2004 according to the International Monetary Fund, IMF mid year World Economic Outlook released this week in Washington.

• Thursday, April 10th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Paraguay elects president April 27

  With just two weeks for the April 27 Paraguayan presidential election, ruling party candidate Nicanor Duarte Frutos leads opinion polls with 34% of vote intention followed by Liberal Party candidate Julio César Franco with 28% and an independent hopeful that musters 24%.

• Wednesday, April 9th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  LA forecast growth slashed.

  The United Nations Latinamerican Economic Committee, Cepal, further cut its growth estimate for the region from the 2/2,5% of last November to 1,5/2% because of the international situation created by the Iraq conflict and increasing problems for the Venezuela economy.

• Tuesday, April 8th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Lula's 100 first days

  Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva whose administration this week reached its first one hundred days said in a national message that his tough policies avoided a “major economic disaster”.