ARGENTINA: Tax revenue rose 33.6% in March from a year earlier.
ARGENTINA-BRAZIL: Brazil posted a US$581m trade surplus with Argentina in the first quarter of 2007, down from US$855m in the same period of 2006, according to data of Brazil's Development, Industry and Trade Ministry.
BRAZIL: Sales of holiday packages between October and March fell 40%. Travel agencies blamed the decline on problems with air travel.
COLOMBIA: The trade deficit stood at US$341m in January compared with a deficit of US$9.9m in the same month a year earlier, according to the national statistics department, DANE.
COSTA RICA: The consumer price index rose 0.72% month-on-month in March.
PARAGUAY: The consumer price index fell 1.0% month-on-month in March.
PERU: The central bank announced on 3 April that it has held its benchmark interest rate steady at 4.5%.
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