Latin America

• Saturday, June 4th 2011 - 06:31 UTC

  Chile’s capital survives driest May in 43 years: respiratory diseases outbreak

  

  As any Santiago de Chile resident could attest, it was all sun and no rain this past May, creating a hazardously dry environment and increasing already worrying levels of pollution.

• Saturday, June 4th 2011 - 06:23 UTC

  Punta Arenas included in Chile’s 285 million USD program to improve air travel

  

  In response to increased air traffic this past decade, the Ministry of Public Works has formed a plan to improve and expand the airports of Chile including Punta Arenas.

• Saturday, June 4th 2011 - 02:40 UTC

  Hard times, even closure for some Uruguayan abattoirs, anticipated Mujica

  

  Uruguayan president Jose Mujica warned that several abattoirs will run into deep trouble and might have to close down because of the lack of livestock ready for slaughtering. He also cautioned that “there is not much more the Executive can do”.

• Friday, June 3rd 2011 - 17:46 UTC

  Hispanic population ‘tsunami’ in the US: in ten years it doubled in nine states

  

  A new report from the United States Census Bureau shows that the biggest jumps in the Hispanic population over the past decade were seen in the Deep South and Midwest in places such as South Carolina, Alabama and South Dakota.

• Friday, June 3rd 2011 - 07:53 UTC

  Korean group plans shipyard in south Brazil to cater “Malvinas” fishing fleet

  

  The Korean fishing group Insung signed this week an letter of intent with a Brazilian consortium for the construction of a ship yard in the Rio Grande/Pelotas area , state of Rio Grande do Sul, which could cater to the Korean fishing vessels operating in the “Falklands/Malvinas” area.

• Friday, June 3rd 2011 - 03:14 UTC

  Keiko Fujimori with minimum lead over Humala in Peru presidential run-off

  

  Conservative Keiko Fujimori is two percentage points ahead of nationalist Ollanta Humala in Peru’s presidential runoff next Sunday June 5, according to the latest opinion polls, but the difference is too tight to anticipate a clear winner.

• Friday, June 3rd 2011 - 03:07 UTC

  Chile, Peru and Colombia launch second largest regional stock market

  

  Chile, Peru and Colombia formally combined operations of their stock markets on Monday to form the Latin American Integrated Market (Mercado Integrado Latinoamericano, or Mila).

• Thursday, June 2nd 2011 - 04:36 UTC

  Honduras readmitted to OAS; only country to vote against was Ecuador

  

  The Organization of American States voted Wednesday to readmit Honduras into the regional body. Ecuador was the only country to vote against the measure, which was approved 31-1.

• Thursday, June 2nd 2011 - 03:54 UTC

  President Allende’s death “may not have been a suicide” suggests forensic expert

  

  Chile’s national television station TVN ran an investigative program on Monday night unveiling new evidence that former President Salvador Allende’s death may not have been a suicide, as previously believed

• Wednesday, June 1st 2011 - 17:43 UTC

  Luksic family takes over Shell’s business in Chile for 663 million USD

  

  Chilean conglomerate Quinenco SA announced Tuesday it completed the purchase of Royal Dutch Shell PLC's local business for 633 million US dollars.