Latin America

• Tuesday, July 24th 2012 - 20:57 UTC

  Chavez in a veiled threat tells Spain’s Repsol to seek agreement with Argentina

  

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez advised Repsol to seek a friendly agreement in its dispute with Argentina and noted that the Spanish energy company held important assets in his country.

• Tuesday, July 24th 2012 - 06:40 UTC

  The only ‘coup’ was including Venezuela in Mercosur with Paraguay suspended

  

  Paraguayan president Federico Franco said on Monday that the only coup, if that is the word, was implemented by Mercosur from the moment they left Paraguay out of the decision to incorporate Venezuela as a full member of the group.

• Tuesday, July 24th 2012 - 06:33 UTC

  Latinamerica has 15.100 ultra-rich; Brazil leads with 4.725 and 890 billion dollars

  

  Latinamerica has 15.100 super rich (8% of the world total) according to the latest World Report on the Ultra Rich 2011/12 from Wealth-X. Super rich is defined as a person with net assets over 24.4 million Euros (30 million dollars).

• Tuesday, July 24th 2012 - 06:08 UTC

  Chile to request Havana details of the car accident in which Cuban dissident died

  

  Chile will request from Cuba all the information on the death of opposition leader Oswaldo Payá who according to the Havana government died in a car accident, something with the Chilean authorities wants to corroborate to “complete certainty”.

• Tuesday, July 24th 2012 - 01:59 UTC

  Chilean ruling coalition blocks in Congress report on profiteering of education institutions

  

  Chilean student leaders and opposition politicians vowed to protest last week’s ruling by the Chamber of Deputies to reject the findings of a report on the profiteering of education institutions in the country. The controversial subject matter was decided by a razor-thin margin, with 46 in favour, 45 against and one abstention.

• Tuesday, July 24th 2012 - 01:21 UTC

  Vatican strips leading Peruvian university of the title “Catholic” and “Pontifical”

  

  The Vatican has withdrawn the titles “Catholic” and “Pontifical” from a university in Peru after decades of discussions over the school's Catholic identity and after tensions between university officials and the local cardinal over control of the school's assets.

• Monday, July 23rd 2012 - 20:31 UTC

  “We need some strong vaccines to accept Venezuela in Mercosur”

  

  The head of the Brazilian Senate and former president Jose Sarney said he had his reservations about the incorporation of Venezuela to Mercosur as full member since the government of Hugo Chavez does not respect democratic rules.

• Monday, July 23rd 2012 - 09:23 UTC

  Mercosur Review Tribunal rejects Paraguay’s demand against suspension

  

  Mercosur Standing Review Tribunal rejected Paraguay’s demand against its temporary suspension from the trade and integration group and the inclusion of Venezuela as a full member.

• Monday, July 23rd 2012 - 08:55 UTC

  Brazil corrects IMF: outdated facts, credit expansion slower and inflation under control

  

  The Brazilian government questioned as outdated the latest IMF report, released Friday July 20, in which the Fund calls for more domestic savings and greater attention to inflation.

• Monday, July 23rd 2012 - 08:32 UTC

  FARC blow up Colombia’s main oil pipeline; fears of pollution in nearby river

  

  Colombia's largest rebel group has blown up a section of the 220.000-barrel-per-day-capacity Caño Limon-Covenas oil pipeline, Ecopetrol and the army said, in the latest in a series of attacks on oil infrastructure.