Latin America

Saturday, August 14th 2010 - 08:21 UTC
General who exposed Cuban influence in Venezuelan army faces trial

A former Venezuelan army general accused of revealing military secrets after he criticized the “Cubanization” of Venezuela's armed forces was told by a judge Friday not to leave the country while the case is being investigated.
Saturday, August 14th 2010 - 07:58 UTC
Strong unanimous support for the Palestine people from the Chilean senate

Chile’s Senate voted unanimously against custom benefits for Israeli products coming from occupied Palestinian territory, and will formally ask President Sebastián Piñera to pass this bill.
Saturday, August 14th 2010 - 07:50 UTC
Mexican billionaire buys 44 million USD townhome in New York

Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim real estate firm paid 44 million US dollars for a town-home on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue, adding to his property holdings in New York.
Saturday, August 14th 2010 - 02:58 UTC
Four Chilean families concentrate 47% of assets in Santiago’s stock exchange

Four families in Chile concentrate 47% of the assets of companies quoting in the Santiago Stock exchange according to a book titled “Towards an inclusive growth; economic policy proposals” written by economist Luis Eduardo Cerda.
Saturday, August 14th 2010 - 02:47 UTC
Merger of Chile’s Lan and Brazil’s Tam to become the region’s largest carrier

Two major South American airlines announced on Friday plans to merge and create the biggest carrier in the region. Brazil's largest airline TAM Linhas Aereas will be teaming up with Chile's LAN.
Friday, August 13th 2010 - 07:03 UTC
Unasur, Argentina, Venezuela condemn car-bomb “terrorist action” in Colombia

The Union of South American Nations, Unasur, Argentina and Venezuela were among several to condemn the car bomb attack perpetrated Thursday morning in the Colombian capital, Bogotá that left at least nine people injured and which President Juan Manuel Santos described as a “terrorist action”.
Friday, August 13th 2010 - 06:55 UTC
San Jose tragedy: Piñera demands resignation of mining regulatory board

Chilean president Sebastián Piñera called for the resignation of top officials from the national mining regulatory body (the National Geologic and Mining Service of Chile, Sernageomin) as a result of last Thursday’s mine collapse in northern Chile, where 33 miners remain trapped. Sernageomin’s national director, the regional director and the sub-director of were all named in the announcement.
Friday, August 13th 2010 - 04:12 UTC
Chilean ruling coalition senators condition approval of Unasur charter

Senators from Chile’s coalition junior partner announced they support the approval of the Unasur, Union of South American Nations charter previous compliance with several ‘basic conditions’.
Friday, August 13th 2010 - 04:06 UTC
Asian and Latinamerican corporations buying Argentine assets

In the nineties most Argentine companies were purchased by companies with headquarters in New York or Madrid but in this decade they come from less glamorous countries: China, India, Brazil, Russia and unsuspected places such as Mexico, Peru and Colombia.
Friday, August 13th 2010 - 03:20 UTC
Chilean and Swedish companies insist with new pulp mill in Uruguay

Chilean wood pulp producer Celulosa Arauco y Constitucion SA seeks to continue its regional expansion as it develops plans for a new pulp mill in Uruguay, Arauco's corporate director, Franco Bozzalla, said this week.