Latin America

Monday, September 12th 2011 - 20:06 UTC
Former Chilean president Allende remains buried for third time in private ceremony

The Salvador Allende Foundation that the remains of former President Salvador Allende were re-interred last Thursday after being exhumed in May for forensic analysis.
Monday, September 12th 2011 - 20:00 UTC
Violent incidents and power cuts in Chile recall the 11 September 1973 military coup

Chile’s Sunday September 11 demonstrations to recall the military coup of 1973 turned violent and left one adolescent with a gun wound, power cuts, dozens of arrests and 350 “outbreaks of violence” in the capital Santiago according to the Carabineros (militarized police) report.
Monday, September 12th 2011 - 03:17 UTC
Chile’s Torres del Paine Park, world’s best for outdoor activities, says Wikiexplora

Chilean Patagonia Torres del Paine national park has been nominated as the best place in the world for trekking and outdoor activities according to the latest rating from Wikiexplora, reports Santiago’s El Mercurio.
Monday, September 12th 2011 - 03:04 UTC
Corruption in Lula da Silva’s administration widely extended to all branches

US ambassador in Brazil Thomas Shannon said the country suffered from “extended corruption” according to a diplomatic cable a year and a half ago referred to former president Lula da Silva administration and which was recently released by Wikileaks.
Saturday, September 10th 2011 - 06:41 UTC
“Politics in my country needs major reform” say 82% of Chilean 20 to 29 youth

Impassioned youth across Chile have taken to the streets by the hundreds of thousands this year to demand radical education reform. Yet four months in, the students are no longer just talking about education costs and access.
Saturday, September 10th 2011 - 06:34 UTC
Latin American shares sink on Friday following global equity plunge

Latin American shares sank on Friday as global equity markets plunged on fears a Greek default could hobble major European banks and deepen a global economic slowdown.
Friday, September 9th 2011 - 22:05 UTC
Mercosur and Mexico auto industry agree to jointly compete with Asia

Mercosur and Mexico signed an agreement which virtually liberates all bilateral auto industry trade and opens prospects for joint undertakings world wide. The event took place in Montevideo, administrative capital of Mercosur.
Friday, September 9th 2011 - 15:28 UTC
UK will reinforce and expand presence in Latin America, says Hague

The UK will reinforce and expand its diplomatic presence in Latin America beefing up embassies and reopening others that have been closed in recent years, said Foreign Secretary William Hague.
Friday, September 9th 2011 - 15:00 UTC
Oil discovery off French Guiana, “mirror” of Jubilee field off Ghana, says Tullow

Tullow Oil has announced an oil discovery from an exploration well off the coast of French Guiana. The drilling encountered 72 metres of net oil pay in two turbidite fans.
Friday, September 9th 2011 - 10:05 UTC
Venezuela blasts US for drug-listing four close aides of President Chavez

Venezuela strongly rejected on Thursday US sanctions against four close political allies of President Hugo Chavez as a “new action that is part of the permanent aggression Venezuela” by the United States.