Mercosur

• Monday, November 25th 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  Gutierrez wins Ecuadorian presidency in a landslide

  Lucio Gutierrez will be Ecuador's next president as the ongoing vote count indicated that his rival, multimillionaire Alvaro Noboa, will be unable to overcome his wide lead.
  With 97.88 percent of the ballots counted, Gutierrez had 54.33 percent of the valid votes to Noboa's 45.67 percent.

• Thursday, November 21st 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  Hot News

  Headlines: Corruption in Chile; IMF and Argentina try to sound optimistic; Lula in Mercosur summit

• Tuesday, November 19th 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  Modest growth in 2003; Strong support for Argentina

• Tuesday, November 19th 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentine elections April 27

  Others headlines: Toledo needs a new start; Lula sends a warning

• Monday, November 18th 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  Bolivian president pledges productive 2003 Ibero-American Summit

  Bolivian President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada has pledged to organize an Ibero-American Summit next year that will be as productive as the one that ended Saturday night in Playa Bavaro.

• Saturday, November 16th 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  Conciliatory signs

  International Monetary Fund Managing Director Horst Koehler said this Friday in Berlin that the IMF is committed to reach an agreement with Argentina.

• Saturday, November 16th 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  Insipid EU-Mercosur round

  European Union and Mercosur delegates ended in Brasilia their eighth round of negotiations for the creation of an association agreement with not much hopes of convergence in the controversial issue of agriculture.

• Saturday, November 16th 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  Latin American Leaders Hold Talks

  Latin American leaders gathered in a summit yesterday Friday 15th, discussing ways to ease poverty, fight drug trafficking and heal internal strife.

• Friday, November 15th 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentina “pre-defaults”

  The World Bank confirmed this Thursday that it received a partial payment of 79,2 million US dollars from Argentina against a scheduled payment of 805 million US dollars that was due last October 15. However the World Bank said that “it welcomes statements by government officials that Argentina remains committed to rectifying the situation as soon as possible”.

• Wednesday, November 13th 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  Breaking News from South America

  Headlines: Defence Minister Summit; New methanol plant in Punta Arenas; Praise for Mexico and Chile; Lower tariffs; “Hyper-corruption” in Bolivia; Migration to Spain.