Latin America

Wednesday, October 15th 2014 - 08:36 UTC
Latin America with a huge deficit in infrastructure investment, says Eclac

Argentina should double its current investment in infrastructure and spend 6.2% of its Gross Domestic Product to satisfy its demands for the period 2012-2020, according to a report of the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
Wednesday, October 15th 2014 - 07:54 UTC
Mujica running for a Senate seat, since he anticipates a weak government

Uruguay president Jose Mujica believes that the next parliament to emerge from the 26 October general election will have a difficult conformation, complicating the government's performance and that is the reason why he accepted to run for a Senate seat.
Tuesday, October 14th 2014 - 06:54 UTC
Morales pledges orthodox economic policies and respect for private property

Bolivian President Evo Morales, who easily won a third term in a weekend election, has said he will stick to his brand of pragmatic socialism, respecting private property while expanding the state's role in the economy.
Tuesday, October 14th 2014 - 06:48 UTC
OAS praise for Bolivia's commitment to democracy and Sunday's elections

The OAS (Organization of American States) Electoral Observation Mission in Bolivia, headed by former Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom, commends Bolivian citizenry for the high level of peaceful participation on Sunday's national elections and underlines the country’s democratic commitment.
Monday, October 13th 2014 - 07:04 UTC
Head of Pentagon underlines military partnership of the US with Chile

US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel met with government leaders in the Chilean capital of Santiago on Sunday to discuss deepening the U.S. military partnership with Chile.
Monday, October 13th 2014 - 06:32 UTC
The manager of orthodox economics dedicates landslide victory to Chavez and Fidel Castro

Evo Morales easily won an unprecedented third term as Bolivia’s president Sunday on the strength of the economic and political stability brought by his government, according to unofficial results.
Monday, October 13th 2014 - 00:20 UTC
Neves pledges a deep reform of Mercosur and opening to the world, if he wins

Deep reforms and opening Mercosur to the world will be proposed by opposition candidate Aecio Neves to the other full members, if finally he is elected to lead Brazil in the 26 October runoff against president Dilma Rousseff, said Rubens Barbosa a trade expert, former ambassador in the US and currently coordinator of the opposition government program.
Saturday, October 11th 2014 - 09:11 UTC
Argentina claims in can detect the ebola virus in patients in less than 24 hours

Argentina has developed a molecular biological method to detect the presence of the Ebola virus in a patient in less than 24 hours, the Argentine health ministry has announced.
Saturday, October 11th 2014 - 08:10 UTC
On Columbus Day, “we also pay tribute to the legacy of Native Americans”

Proclamation by Barack Obama - When Christopher Columbus -- a son of Genoa, Italy -- set sail across the Atlantic, no one could imagine the profound and lasting impact he would have on the world. In search of a westward route to Asia, he instead spotted the Bahamas. As dawn broke on October 12, 1492, Columbus's crew set foot on a Caribbean island and changed the course of history. For much of Europe, this marked the discovery of the New World, and it set in motion the more than five centuries that have followed.
Saturday, October 11th 2014 - 06:06 UTC
Santos confirms he authorized FARC leader to attend peace talks in Cuba

Colombian guerrilla leader Rodrigo Londoño has made secret government-authorized trips to Cuba several times in the last year to meet with his team of negotiators as part of peace talks to end 50 years of civil war, Colombian officials said.