Latin America
Latin AmericaGrowing violence in Bolivia ahead of Sunday's recall vote
Clashes between striking Bolivian miners and the police which left at least two people dead and dozens injured forced the cancelling of a regional summit with Argentina's Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Venezuela's Hugo Chavez and host Evo Morales.
Venezuela once again Argentina's last resort lender
Venezuela again acted as lender of last resort for Argentina having acquired a billion US dollars in sovereign bonds, at “close to market rates” according to Argentine financial sources.
Peru: highest regional economic growth prospects in 2008/09
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) reported that Peru's growth expectations rose from 7.8 to 8.3% in 2008, placing Peru as the country with the highest growth rate in the region.
Red Cross emblem: Uribe wants full truth from military
The International Red Cross said Wednesday from Geneva that Colombia broke the Geneva Conventions by deliberately using the humanitarian group's emblem during the covert military mission that freed French-Colombian Ingrid Betancourt and other hostages.
Fall in minerals' prices plunges Latam stock markets
Latin American stock markets plunged Monday, led by a slide in Brazilian and Mexican equities as prices for resources sparked a broad sell-off and growing fears about the performance of the US economy.
Foreign investment in Chile triples with 55 new projects
Chile has proved once again to be a foreign investment magnet as overseas companies have announced over 6.62 billion US dollars in projects so far this year, Chile's Economy Ministry reported.
Recall referendum opinion polls ratify Bolivian president
Bolivian president Evo Morales is comfortably favored for ratification in the recall referendum of next August 10 with 59% support, according to the latest public opinion poll published Sunday in the capital La Paz main daily La Razón.
Growing resistance in Chile to salmon industry impacts
Fed up with what they claim to be environmentally destructive practices by Chile's 2.2 billion US dollars farmed salmon industry, a group of local fishermen in far southern Chile's Region XI is set to launch an international boycott of Chilean farmed salmon.
Venezuela to help Bolivia boost natural gas production
Bolivia with the help of Venezuela unveiled a plan to increase the country's natural gas reserves to supply energy thirsty neighbors, Brazil and Argentina. Bolivia has 48.7 trillion cubic feet of proven and probable natural gas reserves, the second-largest deposits in South America after Venezuela.
Spain and Chile plan largest wind farm in South America
Chile and Spain will spend more than one billion US dollars to set up Latin America's largest wind farm in the South American country, according to the Spanish news agency EFE.
