Latin America

Tuesday, May 4th 2010 - 02:31 UTC
Brazilian Tourists Fully Book Chilean Ski Resorts for Winter Holidays

Brazilians are hanging up their swimsuits and donning snowsuits for this year’s winter ski season in Chile. Ski resorts have built strong campaigns with Chilean operators, agencies and media to increase visits from Brazil to the country’s ski slopes.
Tuesday, May 4th 2010 - 01:26 UTC
Kirchner Receives Unanimous Support to Become UNASUR Secretary General

Former Argentine president Nestor Kirchner received Monday the unanimous support from country members of the Union of South American Nations, UNASUR, to become the organization’s secretary general, overcoming differences of previous meetings.
Monday, May 3rd 2010 - 20:48 UTC
Mockus and his “Green Tide” Upsetting Uribe-Santos Continuity in Colombia

With less than a month for the Colombian presidential election the campaign has reaffirmed the surprising advance of what is known as the “green tide” of hopeful Antanas Mockus, who according to the latest public opinion polls figures ahead of incumbent candidate and former Defence Minister Juan Manuel Santos.
Monday, May 3rd 2010 - 08:07 UTC
Cuba’s May First Message: “Hard Work and Sacrifice” to Save the Revolution

Cubans were called “to work harder and sacrifice” in support of the Cuban revolution and the island’s Socialist model during Saturday May first International Workers’ Day.
Monday, May 3rd 2010 - 07:49 UTC
Organizers Confirm Argentina and Chile will Host the 2011 Dakar Rally

Organizers have unveiled the route for the 2011 Dakar Rally which will start and finish in Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires and include a section through Chile. The 33rd edition of the “the world's toughest motor-sport event” will be the third to be run in South America after concerns about terrorists moved the rally in 2009 from its traditional route through the Sahara desert in North Africa.
Monday, May 3rd 2010 - 07:43 UTC
Cuban “Ladies in White” Allowed to March on Catholic Church Request

Roman Catholic Cardinal Jaime Ortega announced Sunday he managed to convince Cuban authorities to lift the month-long ban on street protests by “Ladies in White”—the wives and mothers of political prisoners.
Monday, May 3rd 2010 - 02:16 UTC
Colombia’s Uribe Warns Nationalizations Lead to “Major Social Defeats”

Colombian president Alvaro Uribe questioned Latin American countries that are moving along the path of nationalization of corporations and warned that erasing private sector investments only anticipates “major social defeats”.
Monday, May 3rd 2010 - 01:31 UTC
Argentina has “High Expectations” for Mr. Kirchner as UNASUR Chairman

Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo said this weekend that the Argentine government has “high expectations” that former president Nestor Kirchner will be named next Tuesday as secretary general of the Union of South American Nations, UNASUR. In that case the UNASUR headquarters would move from Ecuador to Buenos Aires.
Saturday, May 1st 2010 - 08:49 UTC
UNASUR Summit Convenes in Buenos Aires with Backlog of Controversial Issues

The extraordinary summit of presidents of countries members of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) is to debate next Tuesday in Buenos Aires an agenda dominated by the intention of former Argentine president Néstor Kirchner to run for the post of Secretary General of the regional bloc.
Saturday, May 1st 2010 - 07:28 UTC
Euro Zone Leading Bank Praises Latam Growth and Financial System

Latin America currently has “the best financial system in the world”, said Francisco Luzón, member of the Board and head of the Latin American Division of Spain’s Banco Santander (NYSE:STD), the biggest bank by market capitalization in the Eurozone.