Mercosur

• Thursday, July 4th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Regional turbulence hits Chile

  Chile's Finance Minister Nicolás Eyzaguirre lowered the country's annual estimated growth from 3,5 to 3,2% as direct consequence of international factors, particularly the Argentine and Brazilian situation.

• Wednesday, July 3rd 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Bolivia: And now what?

  Although the final results will not be forthcoming for several weeks, poll estimates indicate former president Gonzalo de Sánchez Lozada won the first round of Bolivia's election with Manuel Reyes Villa trailing closely behind with less than a point difference, ( 21% and 20%), but both distant from the 50% plus one needed to take office next August 6th.

• Wednesday, July 3rd 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Duhalde calls early election

  In a short address to the country Argentine president Eduardo Duhalde announced national elections will be advanced from September 2003 to March 2003, with compulsory, simultaneous and open primaries for all parties to nominate candidates next November.

• Tuesday, July 2nd 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  South America News

  Headlines:
  Green light from the US Treasury; A more sober Argentina; Foreign investment in Chile collapses; Warning from “The New York Times”

• Tuesday, July 2nd 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  IMF admits financial “nervousness”

  The International Monetary Fund, IMF, said today that negotiations with Argentina regarding credit assistance have received a renewed thrust and anticipated several missions will be travelling to Buenos Aires to support the new situation.

• Monday, July 1st 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Breaking News

  Headlines:
  Denmark presides over Europe;
  Three strategic points; Chile in the Security Council; “Freeze Mercosur”; President Fox in regional summit

• Sunday, June 30th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Mr. Bush “knows nothing about” the region

  Brazilian president Fernando Cardoso described his United States counterpart George W. Bush, in an off the record conversation, as ignorant of Latinamerican affairs adding that this has condemned the area to “irrelevance”.

• Friday, June 28th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Breaking News

  Headlines:
  Protests and a blip of hope;“Forget Mercosur”; Unconvincing Lula; Menem leads among Peronists; “We're not an island”; Elections in Bolivia

• Thursday, June 27th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Mexico - US - Argentina

  Headlines
  Mexico willing to help;
  US interest rates remain unchanged;
  IMF “discouraged” by Argentina

• Thursday, June 27th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  The mighty 8, high in the mountains

  Huddled in a tiny village in the Canadian Rocky mountains, and with unprecedented security measures, the leaders of the world's seven most industrialized countries (G 7), plus Russia, (G 8) are holding an annual summit aimed at discussing the global economy, African aid and war on terrorism.