In spite of the good performance of the Uruguayan economy academics and former ministers have warned that given the expansion of public spending and subsidies to alleviate energy prices, the government is running out of fiscal margin in the event of a contingency.
Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez said foreign investors have no longer any room in the country because they are only interested in making money and transferring earnings overseas. However, he invited private companies to joint ventures in non strategic areas of the economy.
Canada's Methanex plant in the extreme south of Chile is planning to generate electricity from coal thus sparing more natural gas to convert into methanol, announced the company in Punta Arenas.
Passengers on board the cruise ship MV Ventura were allowed to visit Gibraltar despite a handful of the passengers being ordered to remain on board because of a recent virus outbreak, according to the Gibraltar Chronicle.
Crucial talks aimed at averting a strike in the United Kingdom by hundreds of tanker drivers have been held amid signs some drivers are panic-buying petrol. Leaders of the Unite union met officials of two companies working on Shell contracts in a bid to resolve a row over pay.
Consumer prices in Brazil rose in May at the fastest pace in more than three years, 0.79%, underscoring concerns about inflation pressures in Latinamerica's largest economy.