Mercosur

• Monday, January 22nd 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  Ongoing military presence.

  The Chilean human rights groups ongoing battle to take former president Augusto Pinochet to court and have him sentenced seems endless, reminding ordinary Chileans how powerful the military still are even ten years after the return to a democratic system.

• Sunday, January 21st 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  “Neighboring countries”, a priority

• Saturday, January 20th 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  New Brazilian Foreign Secretary

  Celso Lafer, an academic and Mercosur enthusiast will become Brazil's next Minister of Foreign Affairs January 29th. He will take office from Luiz Felipe Lampreia who has held the Itamaraty job since president Fernando Cardoso was first elected in 1995.

• Wednesday, January 17th 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentina bans European beef .

• Monday, January 15th 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  Cháves, Fidel and Bush

• Tuesday, January 9th 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentina invests in cruise tourism.

  Taking advantage of the visit of 264 meters long cruise vessel “Mercury”, the largest passenger ship to ever visit Buenos Aires, Argentine officials announced an ambitious 100 million US dollars infrastructure plan to promote international cruise tourism.

• Tuesday, January 9th 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  “Best news of the year”

  After “the seven plagues” of 2000, the US Federal Reserve unexpected decision to lower basic interest rates 0,5%, to 6% before the formal Open Market Meeting of mid January, has come as a blessing and was described as “the best news of the year” by officials from Mercosur members.

• Sunday, January 7th 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  CIA forecast.

  The United States Central Information Agency, CIA, forecasts prosperity for Latinamerica in the coming fifteen years based primarily in the information revolution and an important drop in the birth rate.

• Thursday, January 4th 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  Inflation in Uruguay bounces back.

• Thursday, January 4th 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  Regional trade.