The number of foreign residents in Chile jumped 75% in a decade, mostly Argentines and Peruvians, making it the highest ever in two inter-census periods.
Spanish-Argentine consortium Repsol-YPF signed an agreement with the Iranian Oil Company for the exploration of hydrocarbons in two blocks in the south of the Persian Gulf, reported this week the company in Madrid.
Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency are expected this Tuesday in Brazil to view part of its uranium enrichment equipment according to Veja, the country's leading weekly magazine which quotes unnamed government sources.
Lan raised international air fares 15% and plans to raise domestic fares 7% because of the increase in fuel costs.
Argentine and Chilean Foreign Affairs ministers considered this Monday in Montevideo, Uruguay that the diplomatic controversy between both countries was over.
Twelve Latinamerican Foreign Affairs ministers meeting in Montevideo in the framework of the Latinamerican Integration Association, ALADI, XIIIth General Assembly elected this Monday Uruguayan minister Didier Opertti as the next Secretary General of the organization and committed themselves to consider a Free Trade Space involving the twelve country members.
Latinamerican Integration Association, ALADI, representatives meeting in Montevideo this Monday for the naming of a new Secretary General, gave their full support to Argentina's sovereign foreign debt restructuring efforts and claim over the Falkland Islands.
Uruguayan presidential hopeful Tabare Vazquez who leads in the public opinion polls met Monday morning in Buenos Aires with Argentine president Nestor Kirchner.