Brazil's incoming Congress will have to make room for a colourful new member: a professional clown who won the most number of votes: over 6% of all ballots in the state of Sao Paulo.
An estimated 140 cruise vessels will be calling in Buenos Aires this coming 2010/2011 season and on arrival visitors will be greeted at a refurbished terminal which should be ready for inauguration in December.
Argentina recently passed an initiative to protect glacier sites, restricting mining activity in glacial regions, particularly along the Andes Mountain and its 3,100-mile border with Chile.