India on Thursday called for enhanced economic cooperation with Uruguay in sectors such as agriculture, pharmaceuticals, textiles, automobiles, machineries and IT to enhance bilateral trade.

In 2009-10, the two-way commerce between both countries stood at $64.37 million.

Union Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma, who met visiting Uruguay Industry, Energy and Mining Minister Roberto K

A panel of scientists could help resolve a festering environmental dispute between Argentina and Uruguay. The controversy, over a paper-mill complex on the Uruguayan side of a shared river, has sparked years of protests.

MUCH has been written about the recent Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change that will continue to reverberate. Copenhagen was not supposed to be the be all and end all on environmental matters. It was part of a process and, even if it disappointed many, it remains a significant secondbest milestone, which will determine the future of climate change negotiations.

In those South American countries where forest plantations are important or have potential for development, investment in them is one option for creating jobs.

The issues of ozone depletion and climate change have been at the forefront of the international community

The Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) has begun to measure the position of tobacco use among people above 15 years of age in the country.

With the support of WHO and Bloomberg Global Initiative, the survey will track prevalence of adult tobacco use, exposure to risk, knowledge of laws, and variety of tobacco consumption.

UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday debated, in a full-session, on the impacts of climate change on full enjoyment of human rights, especially in vulnerable countries.

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Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Mexico, Uruguay and Venezuela are closer to ensuring their citizens have the chance to break the cycle of poverty than many of their neighbours in Latin America and the Caribbean, according to the World Bank

As the governments of Argentina and Brazil are taking a new look at the Garabi hydroelectric project, initially planned in 1972, environmentalists are calling attention to the dam's potential harm to

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