Mercosur

• Monday, January 29th 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  Better prospects for Uruguay

• Saturday, January 27th 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  Aid to fight foot and mouth disease in Bolivia

• Wednesday, January 24th 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  Trade disputes

• Wednesday, January 24th 2001 - 20:00 UTC

  Preparing for the Quebec summit

• 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.