Mercosur

• Monday, August 5th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Uruguay's banks will reopen today

  Uruguay on Sunday received a short-term loan of up to $1.5bn from the US and imposed limited restrictions on bank withdrawals in an effort to avert a collapse of its once-vaunted financial system.

• Sunday, August 4th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Lagos to skip swearing in ceremony in Bolivia

  Chilean President Ricardo Lagos has announced that he would not travel to Bolivia to attend presidential inauguration ceremonies because of a simmering internal conflict there over the Bolivian government's tentative plans to export natural gas to North America via Chile

• Saturday, August 3rd 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Comparasion begin to weight heavy in Uruguay

  Perhaps because of its size, tiny Uruguay spends an awful lot of its time being compared with other countries.
  For its solid financial system and uneventful political scene Uruguay was long referred to as “the Switzerland of South America”. Equally hopeful, its finest beach resort, Punta del Este, has been described as the continent's own Saint-Tropez.

• Friday, August 2nd 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  O'Neill personally apologizes

  In the eve of his tour of Mercosur member countries, US Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill personally apologized to Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay in three separate statements, following last week's remarks when he said that foreign aid to these countries ended in secret Swiss accounts.

• Thursday, August 1st 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Hot News

  Headlines:
  Fisheries Show in Uruguay; Whales are back;
  Chile, Fuel prices hike; Bullish unemployment;Latinamerica:
  Record unemployment

• Wednesday, July 31st 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Breaking News

  Headlines:
  Uruguayan banks closed; O'Neill apologizes to Brazil; Agriculture out again?; Brazil appeals to IMF

• Wednesday, July 31st 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  US Treasury bails out Uruguay

  Strong financial support for the beleaguered Uruguayan banking system was announced Wednesday morning by the Uruguayan Economy Minister Alejandro Atchugarry following successful talks in Washington with the International Monetary Fund and the US Treasury that committed 1,5 billion US dollars in immediate assistance. The 1,5 billion US dollars check includes a 700 million US dollars advance from an IMF rescue package already agreed, and another 800 million US dollars from the United States Treasury

• Tuesday, July 30th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Galtieri allowed to return to house arrest

  Former Argentine dictator Leopoldo Galtieri will be released from jail and held under house arrest while a judge investigates if he played any role in the torture and execution of 22 guerrillas in 1980.

• Tuesday, July 30th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Trade deal with U.S. will ruin agriculture sector

  Two Chilean lawmakers whose constituents are mostly comprised of rural farmers have warned that a free trade deal with the United States would ruin the country's agriculture sector and endanger more than a million jobs.

• Monday, July 29th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  South American Leaders Summit Ends

  South American leaders ended a two-day summit Saturday with an agreement to strengthen regional cooperation to better negotiate with the United States a free-trade zone for the hemisphere.