Latin America

• Wednesday, September 28th 2011 - 14:51 UTC

  Obama proposes Roberta Jacobson for Western Hemisphere Affairs

  

  US President Barack Obama suggested that acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, Roberta Jacobson, be ratified in office, the White House announced.

• Wednesday, September 28th 2011 - 06:29 UTC

  Chilean president support plummets; 67% “believe little or anything” Piñera says

  

  A poll from the Centre for the Study of Contemporary Reality (CERC) released Tuesday confirmed that Chile’s beleaguered President Sebastián Piñera continues to lose popular support.

• Wednesday, September 28th 2011 - 02:34 UTC

  Bolivia’s Interior minister steps down and controversial jungle road is suspended

  

  Bolivia's Interior minister and his Deputy resigned Tuesday after mounting recriminations over a violent police crackdown on marchers opposed to a jungle highway that they say would despoil an indigenous preserve.

• Wednesday, September 28th 2011 - 01:21 UTC

  Falklands’ governor says relations with Chile go back over 200 years

  

  Falklands’ Governor Nigel Haywood said UK relations with Chile go back over 200 years and it was “natural to have a strong relationship with a good neighbour”, reports the latest edition of Penguin News.

• Tuesday, September 27th 2011 - 22:42 UTC

  Latam currencies weakness ‘transitory’ says Mexican central bank

  

  Mexican central bank Governor Agustin Carstens said the Peso’s weakness is “transitory” and the currency is likely to resume its upward trend, along with other Latin American currencies.

• Tuesday, September 27th 2011 - 01:39 UTC

  Brazilian officials committed to protect the Real from international volatility

  

  Brazil’s Finance Minister Guido Mantega returned home early from the IMF/World Bank meetings in Washington this weekend, after a plunge in the Real extended the world’s biggest currency slump over the past month.

• Tuesday, September 27th 2011 - 01:36 UTC

  Chilean company farming algae for future production of bio-fuels

  

  BAL Chile SA is dedicated to farming algae on the island of Chiloé and in a second stage, plans to produce bio-fuels for industrial use, announced the company’s CEO Benjamin González.

• Tuesday, September 27th 2011 - 01:17 UTC

  Bolivian Indians defending their lands expose divisions in Morales government

  

  Bolivia's Defence minister resigned on Monday to protest a police crackdown and arrests on anti-highway demonstrators which according to unconfirmed reports also caused the death of a baby and several disappeared.

• Monday, September 26th 2011 - 18:53 UTC

  Venezuelan opposition requests Unasur observers for elections and primaries

  

  Venezuela’s Democratic Unit Panel, MUD, which brings together most opposition forces, has requested Unasur observers for the 2012 presidential election and for the different parties’ primaries.

• Monday, September 26th 2011 - 06:45 UTC

  Given global crises Argentina urges region countries “to implement their own solutions”

  

  Argentine Economy Minister Amado Boudou urged countries in the region to “seize the opportunity created as a result of the crisis affecting developed nations and implement their own solutions.”