Latin America

• Monday, April 12th 2010 - 05:18 UTC

  Living myth Fidel Castro, “a man with a superior intellect by heartless”

  

  Dissident Cuban neurosurgeon Hilda Molina, now living in Argentina, said in an interview that Fidel Castro once felt “a very marked inclination” towards her.

• Monday, April 12th 2010 - 05:13 UTC

  Kissinger accused of turning blind eye to Latam military regimes political killings

  

  Henry Kissinger while United States Secretary of State, halted a plan to warn South American military regimes against international political assassinations such as those involving the 1976 death in Washington of former Chilean minister Orlando Letelier, a document shows.

• Monday, April 12th 2010 - 05:09 UTC

  Hollywood stars support natural park conservation project in Ecuador

  

  Hollywood stars Leonardo Di Caprio and Glenn Close are willing to support an environment-conservation project in Ecuador that would prevent the extraction of 850 million barrels of oil from the Amazon.

• Saturday, April 10th 2010 - 05:07 UTC

  Bolivia, Venezuela, Ecuador, high risk areas for foot and mouth disease

  

  Bolivia, Venezuela and Ecuador are considered endemic foot and mouth disease regions according to the Pan-American FAM office, Panaftosa, which keeps track of the disease in the continent and has its main offices in Brazil.

• Friday, April 9th 2010 - 03:01 UTC

  Piñera and Cristina committed to boost bilateral relations and integration

  

  Chile and Argentina pledged Thursday to deepen bilateral relations with visiting president Sebastian Piñera saying that “the best of our relationship is yet to come” and Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner anticipating that “ideological differences” won’t be an impediment to keep advancing in cooperation and joint projects.

• Thursday, April 8th 2010 - 23:07 UTC

  Punta Arenas school children receive wood pieces instead of laptops

  

  Chile’s Ministry of Education has ordered an administrative and criminal investigation into the disappearance of laptops to be distributed among school children.

• Thursday, April 8th 2010 - 22:56 UTC

  Latam main ports’ containers activity contracted 6.8% in 2009

  

  The 2009 global slowdown had an impact on the activity of the main ports of Latinamerica and the Caribbean, points out the latest release from the United Nations Economic Commission for Latinamerica and the Caribbean, Cepal.

• Thursday, April 8th 2010 - 18:34 UTC

  Chile’s passion for soccer fading but great enthusiasm with “La Roja”

  

  Chile’s passion for soccer appears to be fading, notwithstanding the national “La Roja” team’s recent success in making it to this year’s World Cup games in South Africa.

• Thursday, April 8th 2010 - 04:25 UTC

  Mujica consolidates close trade and energy links with Venezuela

  

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez offered Wednesday to help Uruguay expand a refinery and supply it with crude oil. Chavez and visiting Uruguayan President Jose Mujica signed several accords pledging to deepen trade and energy ties between the two nations.

• Thursday, April 8th 2010 - 04:10 UTC

  Chavez announce rainfall in central Venezuela will help reverse energy crisis

  

  Heavy downpours that have swept away two people and flooded homes in central Venezuela were hailed by President Hugo Chavez as an early start to the rainy season that may mark the end of an extended electricity crisis.