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...ANNOUNCED. AGREEMENT TO FIELD A UNIFIED TEAM at the 2006 Asian Games and the 2008 Olympics; by North and South Korea; in Macau. Athletes from the two countries walked together at the opening ceremonies of the 2000 Sydney and 2004 Athens Olympics, but the countries have never merged squads for a major competition...
...Summit of the Americas wasn't a total loss. Yes, the group of 34 nations didn't agree on a trading pact, a vision of Bush's Free Trade Agreement of the America. But they did agree to keep working, and that was a defeat for Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who vowed to bury the FTAA at this meeting...
...American harangue to a rally of 25,000, but he never owned the Summit itself. Even the nations that oppose the FTAA in its present form-the Mercosur trading bloc which includes Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay-made it clear that they weren't opposed to some kind of agreement...
...days of military juntas seem gone forever and even though some of the nations here have a more leftist cast - like Argentina and Brazil, both of which are opposing the Bush plan for a Free Trade Agreement of the Americas - most, including Argentina and Brazil, have continued to make market reforms and create institutions that won the praise of the Bush White House. Friday, the president praised Argentine President Nestor Kirchner for his commitment to the rule of law and creating a climate favorable for investment. Bush planned to echo similar sentiments on his arrival in to Brazil later...
...Efforts to push regional free trade agreements seem to be faring better than the grand vision of a united economic zone from the Arctic Circle to Argentina's Tierra del Fuego. There is a push for an Andean free trade agreement involving Columbia, Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia, and the U.S. Congress recently ratified the Central American Free Trade Agreement. Indeed, U.S. officials sought to play down the disputes over trade. "This is not a meeting just about trade," said Assistant Secretary of State Tom Shannon. "This is about the leaders of the American countries who have come together to talk...