Mercosur

• Thursday, December 20th 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentine president resigns amid crisis.

  Argentine President Fernando De la Rúa resigned Thursday and left the presidential palace in a helicopter amid celebrations in the streets as the country faces what could be history's worst debt default by a sovereign nation.

• Tuesday, December 18th 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  Chilean opposition rattles ruling coalition

  Popular discontent and voters fatigue gave the Chilean centre left ruling coalition of President Ricardo Lagos a strong blow in last Sunday's legislative election.

• Monday, December 17th 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  Second thoughts about TPA

• Monday, December 17th 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  Another nerve racking week

• Wednesday, December 12th 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  Record low interest rate in US

• Wednesday, December 12th 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  Doom-laden UK reports on Argentine economy

  Argentina's perilous economic plight is getting comprehensive coverage on British television and big headlines in the British media, such as “Argentina fails to win vital IMF loan” and “IMF refuses to rescue Argentina”. The sad repercussions and hardship caused in Argentina are widely reported.

• Wednesday, December 12th 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  Chile upholds Mercosur

• Saturday, December 8th 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  Pinochet judges meet

• Saturday, December 8th 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  Lagos blamed for campaigning.a

  An influential member of the Chilean ruling coalition argued president Ricardo Lagos can not remain quiet or numb to opposition's accusations that pretend to deny the government achievements

• Saturday, December 8th 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  Mr. Cavallo's last round

  The 2002 budget and the Federal participation agreement are the two stalling points that prevent Argentina from having access to the crucial 1,3 billion US dollars International Monetary Fund disbursement.