Mercosur

• Monday, September 17th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  All eyes on Wall Street. Hot News.

  This Monday all eyes will be set on the resumption of operations in Wall Street after the longest stoppage in history, following the terrorist attack and carnage in New York that left the world's financial heart in a state of shock and without communications on Tuesday 11th.

• Wednesday, September 12th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  The day after

  Condolence and solidarity with the American people and condemnation of terrorist acts targeting civilians, was the unanimous basic line of Latinamerican countries messages following the carnage in New York, Washington and Pittsburgh.

• Wednesday, September 12th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Democratic Chart

  Representatives from the Organization of American States, OAS, meeting in Lima, approved by acclamation, and urgently, the Inter-American Democratic Chart on request from US State Secretary Colin Powell who was forced to leave Peru because of the tragic wave of terrorist attacks in United States.

• Tuesday, September 11th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Indexation threatens the Real

• Tuesday, September 4th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  “Bang the G8 door”

  Uruguayan president Jorge Batlle proposed that the Cairns Group “bang the doors of the G 8 group” to try and obtain a political commitment for the coming World Trade Organization, WTO, meeting to be held in Doha, Qatar.

• Monday, September 3rd 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  First Mercosur-USA talks

  A hectic week for the Mercosur-United States trade talks scheduled to officially begin next September 21st., when the four Foreign Secretaries (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay) will be meeting US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick.

• Monday, September 3rd 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Election year budget.

  Brazilian government presented Congress the 2002 budget, which will force much debate since its election year. Budget estimates forecast a GDP increase of 3,7%, based on a controversial estimate of 2,7% for the current year.

• Tuesday, August 28th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Chilean air market “lacks competition”

  Following Aero Continente's announcement that it will be back in the air by early September, small independent operators have cancelled plans to expand.
  Andrés Pivcevic from DAP Airlines said that while current market conditions remain, limiting independent operators activities, “we are canceling all our expansion projects”.

• Monday, August 27th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Blair splits Brazilian Labor

  Although leading in the polls and rapidly moving to the middle ground, the Brazilian Labor Party, (Partido Trabalhista, PT), still is split about the “third way” and its social commitment.

• Monday, August 27th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentines reject political system

  With less than two months for the October 14th. legislative elections when a new Senate and half the Lower House Chamber will be voted in, almost 40% of Argentines are planning to vote blank, according to the latest polls.