Chile signed last week the loaning during the next fifty years of 42,000 acres in the north of the country for the building of the world's major astronomy observatory, an undertaking that will demand over 550 million US dollars.
A regional alert against foot and mouth disease was announced in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, at the end of a meeting of Agriculture and Livestock Ministers and experts from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile and Peru.
A majority of Argentines consider as correct the recent decision of President Nestor Kirchner to revoke the decree that impeded the extradition of Argentine military allegedly involved in human rights crimes.
Cuban President Fidel Castro returned to Moncada Barracks in Santiago on Saturday to mark the 50th anniversary of the attack that set in motion the revolution that brought him to power in 1959.
The so-called angel of death, a notorious death squad leader who has become a sinister icon of Argentina's 1976-83 dirty war against leftists, was arrested here Friday pending possible extradition to Spain, official sources said.
Argentine President Nestor Kirchner said Wednesday that he had received from U.S. counterpart George W. Bush unconditional support for his country's economic recovery and for the Argentine stance in negotiations with the IMF.
In a victory for President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a Brazilian Congress commission passed a bill to cut public pension benefits on Wednesday after civil servants clashed with police in protest against the changes.
United States Democrat Congress members are strongly lobbying against the approval of bilateral free trade agreements with Chile and Singapore currently being discussed in Capitol Hill.
Argentina's economy is expected to expand between 5 and 5,5% this year according to the latest report from the country's Economy Minister Roberto Lavagna who is one of the few top officials to accompany President Nestor Kirchner this Wednesday in his two days visit to the United States. The previous forecast was 4,5 to 5%.
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Chile's economy vulnerable; Volkswagen workers reject redundancies; Argentine oil reserves falling.