Latin America

Wednesday, May 30th 2012 - 03:50 UTC
Mining conflict in Peru escalates and will force Humala to take sides

Hundreds of Peruvians marched in support of the country's biggest-ever mining project, a day after the government implemented emergency powers to control an anti-mining protest in the South that turned deadly.
Tuesday, May 29th 2012 - 22:17 UTC
Opinion poll shows majority of Chileans want to change the electoral system

A survey released this Thursday placed Chile’s long-controversial binominal electoral system under further scrutiny after revealing that 63.2% of respondents are in favour of electoral reform, while only 24.6% wish to keep the binominal system as is.
Tuesday, May 29th 2012 - 20:13 UTC
Fidel Castro an unchallenged master-spy, admits veteran CIA analyst in a book

Almost three decades after Fidel Castro took power, Cuba's budding intelligence service fielded four dozen double agents in a world-class operation under the nose of the CIA, according to a new book by a veteran CIA analyst.
Tuesday, May 29th 2012 - 20:02 UTC
Chile debates legal status of ‘forcibly disappeared’ persons during Pinochet dictatorship

Amnesty International Chile made public its 2012 Annual Report on Human Rights last week putting a special emphasis on justice for victims of human rights atrocities committed during the military dictatorship that ruled the country from 1973-1990.
Tuesday, May 29th 2012 - 06:05 UTC
“Malvinas for Argentina and sea for Bolivia” battle cry at next OAS assembly

Bolivian president Evo Morales announced on Monday he will request at the coming Organization of American States, OAS General Assembly to be held in Cochabamba that the issues of Malvinas Argentine sovereignty and a sea outlet for Bolivia be discussed.
Tuesday, May 29th 2012 - 05:59 UTC
Peruvian government fights anti-Xstrata mine protestors: 2 dead and 50 injured

Two people were killed and 50 were injured in protests against Xstrata's Peruvian copper mine Tintaya on Monday, prompting the government to suspend freedom of assembly in a bid to break roadblocks isolating the mine.
Tuesday, May 29th 2012 - 04:27 UTC
UK former union leader beats Latam candidate and is next ILO director general

The United Nations International Labor Organization on Monday selected a former trade union leader, Guy Ryder of Britain, to become its new director general, a position that puts him at the forefront of an agency pushing to improve labor conditions around the world.
Monday, May 28th 2012 - 19:16 UTC
Spanish King on high profile PPRR visit to recover “lost time and ground” in South America

Spain’s King Juan Carlos will be travelling to Brazil and Chile in the first week of June to strengthen ties with two strategic associates and in preparation of the Ibero-American summit to take place in Cadiz. The King will be accompanied by Foreign Affairs minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo and a business delegation.
Monday, May 28th 2012 - 10:01 UTC
Reforestation of Chilean Patagonia takes off: 60.000 trees donated in first week

Planting the first of what it hopes will be a million trees, “Reforestemos (reforest) Patagonia” officially launched a campaign that will restore large swathes of Chilean Patagonia to pristine wilderness.
Monday, May 28th 2012 - 08:01 UTC
Anti-tank mine in Chile/Peru border blows up taxi; the two countries pledge closer cooperation

The president of the Chilean Lower House Foreign Affairs committee, Jorge Tarud said on Sunday that Chile is fully complying with the Ottawa Convention and with the timetable to finish de-mining tasks along the Peruvian border.