Latin America

• Thursday, August 19th 2010 - 03:11 UTC

  Latam’s business climate in July reached highest level in a decade

  

  Business climate in Latin America reached in July its highest level in a decade according to the joint report from Brazil’s Getulio Vargas Foundation and Germany’s Economic Research Institute (IFO) from the University of Munich.

• Thursday, August 19th 2010 - 02:42 UTC

  Peruvian court revokes parole of US woman linked to terrorist group

  

  A court in Peru has revoked parole for a US woman who was imprisoned for aiding a left-wing terrorist group. Lori Berenson turned herself into police after judges ordered that she be sent back to prison to finish the last five years of her 20-year sentence

• Wednesday, August 18th 2010 - 19:47 UTC

  Chile’s investments abroad amount to 54 billion USD, mostly Latinamerica

  

  Chile's investment abroad amounted to about 54.2 billion US dollars between 1990 and June 2010, distributed among more than 70 countries from the Americas, Europe, Asia, Oceania and Europe, according to a report released Monday by the General Directorate of International Economic Relations (DIRECON).

• Wednesday, August 18th 2010 - 19:01 UTC

  Printed media also victim of Venezuelan rampant crime

  

  A judge in Venezuela has ruled that all printed news media cannot publish “violent, bloody or grotesque” photographs for the next 30 days because the pictures can cause psychological and moral harm to children.

• Wednesday, August 18th 2010 - 04:53 UTC

  Military exercise to defend the Panama Canal brings together 18 countries

  

  More than 2,000 civilian and military personnel from 18 countries began a 12-day exercise in Panama City Tuesday to train in a joint, multinational effort to defend the Panama Canal.

• Wednesday, August 18th 2010 - 04:40 UTC

  Constitutional Court says US/Colombia military accord must pass Congress

  

  Colombia's Constitutional Court suspended a deal giving US troops more access to Colombian bases, sending the agreement back to President Juan Manuel Santos to seek congressional approval.

• Wednesday, August 18th 2010 - 03:53 UTC

  Piñera condemns links of Chile’s communists, Mapuche militants and FARC

  

  Responding to a recent document linking activists from the indigenous Mapuches and Chile's Communist Party to Colombian guerrilla group FARC, President Sebastián Piñera condemned any collaboration between Chileans and violent groups.

• Wednesday, August 18th 2010 - 03:03 UTC

  Shell agrees to pay for environmental damages caused by 2005 oil spill

  

  A lawsuit filed against Shell Oil Company in 2005 by north Chile fisherman and shellfish divers has resulted in a compromise settlement requiring Shell to pay 1.2 million US dollars to the plaintiffs and repair environmental damages.

• Tuesday, August 17th 2010 - 23:58 UTC

  Colombian president, --temporarily--, rules out peace dialogue with guerrillas

  

  Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos ruled out, for the time being, any possible dialogue with the guerrilla organizations and said he would abstain from naming a peace commissioner. At the same time he called on the armed forces to increase their efforts in combating terrorism.

• Tuesday, August 17th 2010 - 23:56 UTC

  Latinamericans trust the media and the military, shows regional poll

  

  The media and the Armed Forces are among the institutions most trusted in Latin America, well ahead of the church, parliament and political parties, according to a regional opinion poll from FLACSO, Latinamerican Social Sciences Faculty.