Latin America

• Monday, November 7th 2011 - 05:27 UTC

  Former general who promises “strong hand” against crime leads in Guatemala election

  

  A retired right-wing general promising to stamp out spiralling crime took an early lead in Guatemala's Sunday presidential election that he was favoured to win.

• Monday, November 7th 2011 - 05:23 UTC

  Colombian FARC rebels reject plea to demobilize after the killing of their leader

  

  Colombia's FARC rebels rejected a plea to demobilize after the killing of their leader Alfonso Cano gave President Juan Manuel Santos his biggest military victory.

• Friday, November 4th 2011 - 08:20 UTC

  FAO food price index drops in October but remains higher than in 2010 and volatile

  

  The FAO Food price index dropped to an 11-month low in October, declining 4%, or nine points, to 216 points from September. Nonetheless prices still remain generally higher than last year and very volatile, FAO said.

• Friday, November 4th 2011 - 00:40 UTC

  After fifty years Cubans can buy and sell houses

  

  Cubans will be able to buy and sell houses for the first time in more than five decades in a long-awaited reform that legalizes what many have done for years but also restricts how much property they can own, state-run press said on Thursday.

• Thursday, November 3rd 2011 - 15:01 UTC

  Human Rights Commission denounces Chilean Carabineros for ‘disproportionate use of force’

  

  The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has denounced Chile’s Carabineros over the “disproportionate” repression of student protesters, which in some cases it described as “incompatible” with a functioning democracy.

• Thursday, November 3rd 2011 - 14:44 UTC

  Chile, Argentina and Uruguay with highest human development index in Latam

  

  Chile, Argentina and Uruguay have the highest standards of living in Latin America according the latest report from the United Nations Human Development Index (HDI).

• Thursday, November 3rd 2011 - 08:13 UTC

  Mexico and Argentina, Latam companies most prone to pay bribes abroad says Transparency

  

  Bribing public officials when doing business abroad is a regular occurrence, according to a survey of 3,000 business executives from developed and developing countries.

• Thursday, November 3rd 2011 - 01:02 UTC

  Chilean fisheries landings reached 2.8 million tons in Jan-September

  

  According to the latest Report of Fisheries and Aquaculture Sector from the Chilean Under-Secretary of Fisheries, (Subpesca), the wild fisheries sector contributed 2.8 million tons between January and September of 2011 while aquaculture harvests reached 515.100 tons.

• Wednesday, November 2nd 2011 - 04:35 UTC

  Colombia dissolves domestic intelligence service embroiled in scandal

  

  Colombia's president dissolved the country's domestic intelligence service, an agency that had become embroiled in scandal during the term of his predecessor.

• Wednesday, November 2nd 2011 - 04:06 UTC

  China on ‘harmonious mission’ in the Caribbean to show it’s a responsible power

  

  A Chinese navy hospital ship has landed dozens of doctors and nurses in Jamaica on a humanitarian mission to treat the needy on the Caribbean island. The mission is part of a global campaign by Beijing to portray its rapidly growing military as a responsible power.