Mercosur

• 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.

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

  Long live the peso!

  After several long weeks of international contacts and private deliberations with banks and multilateral organizations, the current Argentine administration believes the crucial moment to thrust forward an economic program that should get the stagnant economy rolling again, has come.

• Sunday, January 27th 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  Full support for President Duhalde.

  Mercosur and associate members presidents will be holding an out of agenda summit next February 18th. in Buenos Aires to express full support to the Argentine president Duhalde administration.

• Saturday, January 26th 2002 - 20:00 UTC

  Thousands in Argentine pots and pans protest. Rain, tear gas and rubber bullets.

  Thousands of Argentines from all over Buenos Aires converged on the city's famous central square, the Plaza de Mayo, late Friday night as part of a massive national protest against the government and the penal financial restrictions imposed in recent weeks. But a combination of torrential rain and violent police reaction using tear gas and rubber bullets just after midnight caused many of the demonstrators to disperse. Several protestors and police were injured and stretchered into ambulances. Some demonstrators were arrested and forced to lie down on the wet roads.