Mercosur

• Tuesday, November 14th 2000 - 20:00 UTC

  “Wrong fiscal policies”

  Mercosur countries should be reducing taxes and increasing public investment to overcome recession, but they are doing “exactly the opposite”, warned Uruguayan Wall Street analyst, Arturo Porcekansky during a conference this week in Montevideo.

• Tuesday, November 14th 2000 - 20:00 UTC

  Amazon rain forest in peril.

• Sunday, November 12th 2000 - 20:00 UTC

  Peru confirms April elections.

  With the legal publication this week in the official gazette, Peruvian presidential and congressional elections are now confirmed for next April 8th, cutting short Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori's third contentious mandate.

• Saturday, November 11th 2000 - 20:00 UTC

  Full IMF support for Argentina.

  International Monetary Fund openly supported the package of economic measures announced last Friday evening by president Fernando De la Rúa to bolster the Argentine economy and ease fears among foreign investors holding Argentine bonds.

• Friday, November 10th 2000 - 20:00 UTC

  Europe, three times the US.

• Thursday, November 9th 2000 - 20:00 UTC

  Oil prices bullish

• Thursday, November 9th 2000 - 20:00 UTC

  Gore, Bush?, Bush, Gore?

  Although it may be days before the United States presidential deadlock is cleared, the potential impact in Latinamerican and particularly Mercosur, of the next administration can be considered.

• Wednesday, November 8th 2000 - 20:00 UTC

  Uruguay: A critical week.

• Tuesday, November 7th 2000 - 20:00 UTC

  De la Rúa's standing.

• Monday, November 6th 2000 - 20:00 UTC

  Chile and Mercosur.

  At the end of a three days official visit to Uruguay, Chilean President Ricardo Lagos clearly outlined the two sides of the Mercosur membership his country has been courting with for the last few years.