Investments

• Monday, July 28th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Uruguay presents in The Hague documents on Botnia dispute

  

  Uruguay will be complying Monday with its final written presentation in The Hague on the Botnia pulp mill construction dispute with Argentina that alleges Uruguay ignored water joint management agreements.

• Wednesday, July 23rd 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Gas from coal to fuel methanol plant in extreme south Chile

  

  Canada's Methanex, the world's main producer of methanol, is planning to convert coal into natural gas to supply its huge complex in the extreme south of Chile which has been working below capacity precisely because of insufficient gas, said the corporation's CEO Bruce Aitken.

• Thursday, July 17th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Promising discovery of diamonds in north-east Paraguay

  

  Ten diamonds ranging in size from 0.002 to 0.04 carats have been discovered in the north east of landlocked Paraguay, reported Latin American Minerals Inc., a mineral exploration company focused on the acquisition and development of properties of highly prospective countries of the region.

• Thursday, July 17th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine government takes over Aerolineas

  

  Argentina announced Thursday it had reached an agreement with the Spanish group Marsans for the transfer of the country's main airline Aerolíenas Argentinas and its subsidiary Austral to the Argentine state.

• Wednesday, July 16th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Ecuador, Venezuela agree to build biggest oil refinery

  

  Rafael Correa, the Ecuadorian president, and Hugo Chavez, his Venezuelan counterpart, have entered into an agreement to build the biggest oil refinery on South America's Pacific coast.

• Saturday, July 12th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Latam must double investment in infrastructure

  

  In the immediate future, Latinamerica must invest between 150 and 200 billion US dollars a year in infrastructure in order to boost economic growth and reduce poverty, World Bank Vice President, Pamela Cox said in Lima, Peru.

• Friday, July 4th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Brazil begins process to renew entire fleet of fighter jets

  

  Brazil launched the process to buy at least 36 fighter jets as part of a broader plan to modernize its Air Force and in keeping with neighbors that are also in the process of overhauling their fleets.

• Tuesday, July 1st 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Microsoft scraps Windows XP and clears way for Vista

  

  Monday June 30 marks the day Microsoft has stopped selling its Windows XP operating system to retailers and major computer makers, clearing the way for the system and successor, Vista.

• Monday, June 30th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Maintaining the Queen costs 66 pence per person in the UK

  

  The cost of maintaining the Queen rose by £2 million to £40 million last year. The 5.3% rise - twice the rate of inflation - was blamed by palace officials on increased maintenance costs on royal residences and higher travel costs, up £400,000 to £6.4 million.

• Saturday, June 28th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Spanish group planning to build several hotels in Chile

  

  Spanish hotel giant Sol Melía plans to open three hotels in Chile. The company is also bidding for the two hotels that will be a part of Santiago's future Constanera Center, an ongoing development and construction project featuring four skyscrapers, built in one of Santiago's business districts, Providencia.