Mercosur

• Tuesday, February 19th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Mercosur urges aid for Argentina

  Mercosur presidents meeting in Buenos Aires expressed their full solidarity with Argentina and requested multilateral organizations to “understand the complexity” of the country's economic and social problems.

• Monday, February 18th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Mercosur Summit

  A Mercosur presidential summit hosted by Argentine president Eduardo Duhalde will be held this Monday in Olivos, Buenos Aires to consider the current political and economic situation of the block.

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

  Optimistic forecast

• Tuesday, February 12th 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  Breaking News.

• Monday, February 11th 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  Uruguayan president to meet Bush

  Insisting that Uruguay is not after economic aid, but rather “work opportunities”, Uruguayan president Jorge Batlle will be meeting with his American counterpart George Bush next Friday in the White House.

• Monday, February 11th 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  First day for Duhalde.

  Contrary to most pessimistic prospects, the Argentine peso floating freely against the US dollar for the first time in eleven years managed to remain within government targets after an early demand thrust.

• Monday, February 11th 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  Armed Forces changing role

  Mercosur Armed Forces are quietly but consistently undergoing a modernization process involving objectives, capability and strategy

• Wednesday, February 6th 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  IMF: “world prospects improving”

  International Monetary Fund Managing Director participating in the World Economic Forum in New York, forecasted recovery is underway for the global economy.

• Wednesday, February 6th 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  Chile and the European Union closer

  Chile and the European Union are quickly advancing to a free trade agreement that could be officially signed next May in Madrid during the second Euro-American summit, according to Mr. Osvaldo Rosales Director of International Trade Relations in the Chilean Foreign Affairs Ministry.

• Sunday, February 3rd 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentina thrown into fresh chaos

  Argentina was thrown into fresh chaos on Friday when its supreme court declared emergency financial controls to be unconstitutional, raising the prospect that the country's banks will collapse.