Mercosur

• Tuesday, May 14th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Joint Mercosur-France air exercises

  French built Mirage fighter bombers from Argentina, Brazil, Chile and France participated during a week in the Southern Cross joint air co-ordination exercises in Southern Brazil.

• Tuesday, May 14th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  587,000 Argentine live overseas

  According to a survey from the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 587,000 Argentines reside permanently overseas. Of this number, 220,845 are officially registered in Argentine consulates, while the rest, 366,000 not registered, is an estimate of the different consular offices.

• Tuesday, May 14th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Agro Uruguay

  Record low flock / Uruguayan beef makes a come back

• Tuesday, May 14th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Three reasons - “Social” credit for Argentina

  Three reasons / “Social” credit for Argentina

• Tuesday, May 14th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Mexico closer to Mercosur

  México will propose Mercosur a free trade agreement in the coming months according to Mexican Trade Representative Fernando de Mateo.

• Monday, May 13th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Uruguay announces measures to counter effects of Argentine crisis

  Uruguayan President Jorge Batlle yesterday night announced a series of austerity measures to counter the repercussions of the Argentine economic crisis, which he said he considered to be the “most ferocious financial attack” in Uruguayan history.

• Saturday, May 11th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine: 18 million below poverty line

  Half of the Argentine population of 36 million live below the poverty line according to the latest census figures, reported Juan Carlos Del Bello head of the National Census and Statistic Institute, INDEC.

• Friday, May 10th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Hot News: Mercosur and European Union closer

  Mercosur and European Union closer / Massive subsidies to US farmers / “Black Thursday” in Brazil

• Thursday, May 9th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Brazil feels the pinch

  The Argentine situation, lower international commodity prices and a reduction in aircraft industry sales will have a considerable impact in Brazil's foreign sales and trade balance.

• Thursday, May 9th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  The “global” Chilean

  Globalization has had an accelerated and strong social and cultural impact in Chilean society according to a preliminary report from the United Nations Development Program, PNUD.