Latin America

Wednesday, June 20th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Venezuela interested in a “new Mercosur”, if not forget it

Venezuela is interested in becoming a member of a “new Mercosur” but if there's no clear change willingness “we're not interested in the old Mercosur”, said President Hugo Chavez in an interview with the Spanish government agency EFE.
Monday, June 18th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Canada/Chile trade quintuples in the last five years

Trade between Chile and Canada has quintupled in the past five years, with a whopping 1.45 billion US dollars in goods now exchanged, reports Chile's International Economic Relations Directorate (DIRECON),
Sunday, June 17th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Chavez thanks OAS for not intervening in the RCTV case

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez thanked all Organization of American States, (OAS) country members for not supporting a United States proposal to “intervene” regarding the non license renewal for Radio Caracas Television, one of the country?s main opposition television stations.
Sunday, June 17th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Santiago is once again Latam's top business city

A study by MasterCard published this week ranked Santiago de Chile as the best place in Latin America for doing business.
Wednesday, June 13th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Young Chileans growing apathy towards politics

A recent study conducted by Vanderbilt University's Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) found that Chileans have a mixed take on their government: the government has been successful at protecting human rights and promoting democracy, but has not been as effective in dealing with crime and unemployment.
Sunday, June 10th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Almost 14% of Chilean population described as poor or indigent

The latest poll on Socioeconomic characterization of the Chilean population shows that since 1990 the number of Chileans living in “poverty conditions” has dropped to almost half, but still over two million continue to be poor including half a million indigent.
Sunday, June 10th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Scientific-tourism multi purpose vessel for South Chile

A new multi purpose vessell, specially built for the rough waters of the extreme south of Chile is to be incorporated this spring to the tourist industry in Porvenir, Tierra del Fuego.
Sunday, June 10th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Peru develops copper industry hoping to match Chile's production

Peruvian president Alan García said that new promising copper mining projects could in a near future put Peru next to Chile as the world's leading exporters of the metal. Currently Chile is number one with an annual production of 5.37 million tons and Peru figures third with just over a million tons.
Friday, June 8th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Fujimori under house arrest pending extradition ruling

A Chilean judge placed former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori under house arrest Friday ahead of a Supreme Court ruling on his extradition to Peru, the court said.
Friday, June 8th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Chile launches tenders for oil and gas in Magallanes

Chile invited on Friday local and foreign companies to invest in the exploration and production of oil and natural gas at 10 promising blocks in the Magallanes region, on the southern tip of South America.