Mercosur

• 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.

• Tuesday, June 25th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Trade dispute with neighbors

  Chile formally requested last week the intervention of the World Trade Organization, WTO, regarding “discriminatory” taxing by Uruguay and Peru, against imported goods.

• Tuesday, June 25th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Grass root politics for Alfonsín

  Former Argentine president Raúl Alfonsín is expected to resign his Senate bench and commit himself fully to “grass root politics”, according to his closest aides.

• Tuesday, June 25th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Menem leads among Peronists

  Former Argentine president Carlos Menem who ambitions a third mandate leads among Peronist hopefuls according to a poll published this week in the Buenos Aires press.

• Tuesday, June 25th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  King Juan Carlos invited to Antarctica

  Chile has extended an official invitation to Spain's King Juan Carlos to tour Chilean Antarctic stations and visit the different scientific research programs.

• Monday, June 24th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  The “Lula factor”

  In an attempt to avert the “black” Friday of last week, and his presidential chances, Brazil's Socialist candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva promised to honor foreign debt and continue with the current stabilization program if he wins October's presidential election.

• Monday, June 24th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  “Strangled Argentina”

  Argentina will seek this week in Washington the green light from the International Monetary Fund, IMF, for the rescheduling of its foreign debt maturing in the coming 18 months.