Latin America

Tuesday, April 22nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Patagonian toothfish farming project takes off in Chile

La Araucana Education Corporation and four private Chilean companies are undertaking a Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) farming project which is to be officially launched this week involving more than 2.2 million US dollars.
Tuesday, April 22nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina indicts Uruguayan expatriate for the grass fires

A Uruguayan farm handy man, Sergio Amable Salvador Vera, 62, became the first person to be indicted this week for starting the grassland fires that produced the recent blanketing with smoke of Argentina's capital Buenos Aires city.
Monday, April 21st 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Peru to ask 3 more years to complete mine clearance

Peru will request before the Ottawa Convention an extension, until 2012, for the clearance of antipersonnel mines from its territory given the impossibility to comply with the current deadline of 2009, announced Peruvian Deputy Foreign Affairs minister Gonzalo Gutierrez.
Monday, April 21st 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Food prices challenge Peru's economy and president's approval

Peruvian president Alan Garcia's approval rating fell to 26% (28% in March) despite the strong performance of Peru's economy, the fastest growing in South America, according to an Ipsos Apoyo survey published in Lima's main newspaper El Comercio.
Monday, April 21st 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Morales: “eliminate capitalism” to save planet and mankind

Bolivian President Evo Morales has called for an end to capitalism as part of a series of radical measures “to save the planet and mankind”.
Friday, April 18th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Chilean farmed salmon sector in dire need of restructuring

Guaranteeing a sustainable salmon industry in Chile requires reorganizing the industry and allowing for the relocation of concessions to larger management areas, said the president of AquaChile company, Victor Hugo Puchi.
Friday, April 18th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Tibet and impeached minister mark a new low for M. Bachelet

The government of Chilean president Michelle Bachelet marked this week a new low when her Education minister was impeached and barred five years from office, and the Lower House approved a proposal condemning repression in Tibet and calling on Beijing to hold talks with the Dalai Lama.
Friday, April 18th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Inquiry into death of British priest during Pinochet period

Arrest orders have been extended for six Chilean naval officers allegedly involved in the abduction and torture of a British Catholic priest and other political prisoners during the early days of the September 1973 military coup that ousted elected Socialist president Salvador Allende.
Friday, April 18th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
US FDA team in Chile to inspect salmon industry

A team of US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials arrived Friday in Chile where over the next several days they will conduct on-site inspections of the country's once-booming salmon industry.
Thursday, April 17th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Chinese investment in Latam forecasted to grow 20% annually

Chinese investments in Latinamerica could grow at an annual rate of 20% in the coming decade particularly those sectors linked to commodities said Jiang Shixue, a Latinamerican expert from Beijing's National Academy of Social Sciences.