Latin America

• Tuesday, April 14th 2009 - 02:11 UTC

  Obama loosens restriction on travel and remittances to Cuba

  

  President Barack Obama has decided to loosen restrictions on travel and remittances to Cuba for Cuban-Americans, senior US administration officials said Monday. A formal announcement was expected later in the day, reports CNN.

• Monday, April 13th 2009 - 14:19 UTC

  Americas summit should not address Cuba issue, argues OAS

  

  The Secretary General of the Organization of America States, OAS, Jose Miguel Insulza said it would be a mistake if the coming Summit of the Americas puts pressure on United States to end the embargo on Cuba.

• Monday, April 13th 2009 - 09:48 UTC

  Colombian Catholic Church openly against third Uribe re-election

  

  The Colombian Government is not amused by the Catholic Church's rejection of a possible re-election of President Álvaro Uribe. Both Archbishop Pedro Rubiano and Bishop Ruben Salazar turned against a possible third term for the current President.

• Monday, April 13th 2009 - 06:48 UTC

  Fasting Bolivian president cancels trips to regional summits

  

  Bolivian President Evo Morales said on Sunday that he had cancelled his trips to the ALBA summit and the Summit of the Americas because of Bolivia’s internal problems caused by the conflict with the opposition over a law regarding the December 6 elections.

• Sunday, April 12th 2009 - 11:20 UTC

  Peru: Rebels kill 13 soldiers in the jungle

  

  Peru's Shining Path rebels have killed 13 soldiers in two ambushes in the south-east of the country, the country's defence minister says.

• Sunday, April 12th 2009 - 06:22 UTC

  Summit of the Americas: President Obama haunted by ghost of Cuba

  

  Mr Obama will announce that Washington is lifting the toughest restrictions on travel to the island for Cuban-Americans and the dollar remittances they can send back to impoverished relatives.

• Sunday, April 12th 2009 - 05:55 UTC

  Visitor numbers down for Chile’s Torres del Paine

  

  Visits to Chilean Patagonia’s Torres del Paine National Park were down slightly this tourist season, which began in October, 2008, and ended last month.

• Sunday, April 12th 2009 - 05:50 UTC

  Chile To Invest $30 Billion in Copper, Gold Projects

  

  Investment in Chilean copper and gold projects is expected to total over $30 billion. Chile is the world’s No. 1 producer and exporter of copper and each 1-cent increase in the annual median price of copper represents an additional $40 million for the treasury of the Andean nation. The median price per pound so far this year is $1.59, compared with $3.15 a pound in 2008.

• Saturday, April 11th 2009 - 08:26 UTC

  Bi-national Patagonia Chamber is born in Punta Arenas

  

  Argentine and Chilean delegations officially launched this week in Punta Arenas, extreme south of Chile, the Bi-national Patagonia Chamber which brings together fifteen regional chambers from the regions of Aisen and Magallanes and Argentine Patagonia.

• Friday, April 10th 2009 - 11:07 UTC

  Bolivian Congress approves controversial vote law

  

  Bolivia's Congress approved on Thursday the “overall content” of an electoral law hours after President Evo Morales went on hunger strike to protest at opposition lawmakers' efforts to block the bill.