Mexican Congress members bitterly criticized Thursday the United States Senate approval of constructing additional border fences to curtail illegal immigration, arguing it would hurt bilateral relations.
Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori was released on bail Thursday afternoon by the Chilean High Court after spending six months under arrest in Santiago's Gendarmerie headquarters.
A Panamanian judge ruled there was enough evidence to move ahead with the trial of former Nicaraguan president Arnoldo Aleman and issued an arrest order for the accused on charges of money laundering.
The United States Producer Price Index for Finished Goods advanced 0.9% in April, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported Thursday.
Exports from Magallanes Region in the extreme south of Chile soared 41.3% during the first quarter of 2006 compared to a year ago totalling 287.9 million US dollars.
Chile expressed Thursday deep concern to Argentina over the latest cuts in gas supply plus reports that any price increase in Bolivian gas will be passed on to Argentina's customers.
Chilean president Michelle Bachelet inaugurated Tuesday the construction of a re-gasification plant that officials say will reduce the country's high dependence on (Argentine) imported natural gas.
Recent moves by Latin American countries to increase state control of oil resources may cause production to fall as governments siphon off cash needed to keep fields pumping, analysts said.
The Bush administration said Tuesday it had broken off negotiations on a free trade agreement with Ecuador following the South American government's decision to annul an operating contract with Occidental Petroleum Corp.
Britain's farmers are used to receiving bad news and so it was a familiar feeling when the Bank of England announced last week that farming debt has reached a new record high of just over 9 billion pounds.