Latin America

• Monday, October 5th 2009 - 13:41 UTC

  Unesco safeguard for Andean Aymara cultural heritage

  

  Unesco’s support for the project to safeguard the intangible cultural heritage of the Aymara communities of Bolivia, Chile and Peru should be seen as an example for Latinamerica, according to Peruvian anthropologist Soledad Mujica.

• Monday, October 5th 2009 - 13:15 UTC

  Patagonian fiords cruise season launched in Punta Arenas

  

  Chile’s Cruceros Australis and Comapa tourist agency officially launched last Friday the 2009/2010 Patagonian fiords cruise season in a ceremony held in Punta Arenas, reports La Prensa Austral.

• Monday, October 5th 2009 - 13:10 UTC

  Bolivia faces critics over purchase of aircrafts from China

  

  Bolivia said on Sunday that it’s the South American country which least invests in military hardware and ratified it is not involved in any arms race. Defence minister Walker San Miguel statement follow the Bolivian decision to purchase six aircrafts from China which come on top of an open credit line for military hardware extended by Russia.

• Monday, October 5th 2009 - 13:08 UTC

  Uribe asks for more time to consolidate his “democratic security” policy

  

  Colombian president Alvaro Uribe asked for more time to defeat the terrorism that scourges his country and underlined that his “democratic security” policy needs a ‘little while’ longer”.

• Saturday, October 3rd 2009 - 12:21 UTC

  Honduras sides on conflict agree to a tentative dialogue under OAS

  

  Ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya and the de facto government headed by Roberto Micheletti have agreed to begin talks next week under the auspices of the OAS (Organization of American States) in an attempt to find a way out to the institutional crisis.

• Saturday, October 3rd 2009 - 06:21 UTC

  Have you ever tried the “Devil Duck” hunting combo of Black River Outfitters in Uruguay?

  

  May 1st through September 15th is duck season in Uruguay.
  With the Portela Brothers, owners and managers of Black River Outfitters, duck hunters from all over the world have an excellent opportunity to game at one of the finest duck breeding destinations imaginable.

• Saturday, October 3rd 2009 - 00:42 UTC

  Chile’s 2010 budget reinforces social assistance programs and education

  

  While other nations are struggling to cut costs and sacrificing social programs to combat the worldwide economic crisis, Chile´s 2010 budget will grow by 4.3% next year and includes a 5.8% increase in social assistance programs, Finance Minister Andrés Velasco announced this week.

• Friday, October 2nd 2009 - 05:36 UTC

  EU underlines significance of global partnership with Latinamerica

  

  The European Union wants closer links with Latinamerica and the Caribbean and will attempt in the near future to conclude the several pending agreements with different countries from the region, announced in Brussels Benita Ferrero-Waldner Commissioner responsible for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy.

• Thursday, October 1st 2009 - 15:53 UTC

  Arias calls for support for Honduras November election

  

  Costa Rica’s president Oscar Arias called on the international community to collaborate with Honduras November presidential election, avoiding isolating the de facto regime, thus helping to find a way out to the current crisis.

• Thursday, October 1st 2009 - 05:10 UTC

  Peru’s Fujimori gets another 6 years prison now for bribes

  

  Peru’s Supreme Court convicted and sentenced former President Alberto Fujimori to six years in prison for wiretapping opponents and paying bribes to lawmakers and publishers during his rule from 1990 to 2000.