Mercosur

• Monday, April 23rd 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Reasonable prospects for Latinamerica.

  World economic growth will abruptly slowdown this year falling to 2,2% from last year's 4%, according to the latest World Bank report. However this hard landing should be softer for Latinamerica GDP which is expected to grow 3,7% in 2001, almost equivalent to last year's 3,8%, and push to 4,4% in 2002.

• Monday, April 23rd 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Shell plans to invest heavily in Tierra del Fuego

  Royal Dutch Shell has selected Tierra del Fuego as its main option to set up a plant to extract liquid fuels from natural gas. The project involves investing 1,5 billion US dollars and will concentrate in elaborating virgin petrol, jet fuel and diesel-oil.

• Wednesday, April 18th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Quebec presidential summit

  This Friday and during the weekend 34 presidents of the three Americas (with the exception of Cuba) will be discussing in Quebec, Canada, the recent documents drafted in Buenos Aires and Toronto for the creation a Free Trade Association extending from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, potentially turning the area into the world's main block: 800 million people and double the European Union GDP.

• Tuesday, April 17th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Peso as strong as the Euro and the dollar

  Argentina's super Economy minister Domingo Cavallo has once again shaken financial markets with his latest initiative: changing the current convertibility system of one Argentine peso-one US dollar, by making it extensive to one Euro.

• Monday, April 16th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Uruguayan president in Japan

  Uruguayan president Jorge Batlle and a numerous delegation of businessmen are currently in Japan promoting trade and investments.

• Tuesday, April 10th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Mercosur agrees, but?..

• Tuesday, April 10th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Chinese president in Latinamerica

• Monday, April 9th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Caracas summit.

• Monday, April 9th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Alan García, the big surprise.

• Sunday, April 8th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Buenos Aires Declaration