Latin America

• Wednesday, June 9th 2010 - 01:32 UTC

  OAS assembly gives full support to Argentina’s Malvinas claim

  

  The Organization of American States (OAS) ratified support of the Argentine demand to seek dialogue with the United Kingdom in order to find a peaceful and definitive solution to the ‘colonialism situation’ of the Malvinas Islands, South Georgia, and South Sandwich and the surrounding maritime areas.

• Wednesday, June 9th 2010 - 01:27 UTC

  Cluster Munitions convention in Chile; pressure on Brazil and Argentina to sign

  

  “Decent countries cannot use indecent weapons” Alfredo Labbé, Director of International and Human Security under Chile’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said Monday in Santiago during an international conference to deal with the issue of cluster bombs.

• Wednesday, June 9th 2010 - 00:00 UTC

  LAN Chile and affiliates passenger and cargo traffic soars in May

  

  LAN Chile Airlines and subsidiaries, (NYSE: LFL / IPSA: LAN), one of the leading airlines in Latin America, reported on Monday its preliminary monthly traffic statistics and punctuality indicators for May 2010.

• Tuesday, June 8th 2010 - 23:56 UTC

  Bolivian president Morales re-elected as head of coca-growers federation

  

  President Evo Morales has been re-elected as head of Bolivia's largest coca-growers union, a post he has held for more than two decades.

• Tuesday, June 8th 2010 - 23:43 UTC

  Colombia’s Santos consolidates a clear majority for the June 20 run-off

  

  Colombian presidential candidate Juan Manuel Santos continues to collect support for the coming run-off next June 20, following the decision of another political party to back him.

• Tuesday, June 8th 2010 - 03:56 UTC

  OAS agreed Monday to create high level group to decide on Honduras

  

  The Organization of American States, OAS, agreed Monday to create a high level group to assess conditions for the re-entry of suspended Honduras, announced Peruvian Foreign Affairs minister Jose Antonio García Belaúnde

• Tuesday, June 8th 2010 - 01:16 UTC

  More divorces than marriages in Chile

  

  For the first time since divorce was legalized in Chile five years ago, couples are getting divorced faster than they are getting married. In 2008, 39,000 couples were granted divorces and 20,000 were married. 2009 saw a similar trend, with 63,021 couples granted divorce, or 9% more than the number of couples married, according to a report in La Tercera.

• Tuesday, June 8th 2010 - 00:56 UTC

  Most of Pinochet’s 21m USD fortune cannot be legitimately accounted for

  

  A Universidad de Chile investigation has found that of the 21 million US dollars fortune that former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet amassed during his lifetime, 19 million cannot be legitimately accounted for.

• Tuesday, June 8th 2010 - 00:29 UTC

  Chavez announces purchase of second batch of Chinese K-8 military planes

  

  Venezuela will spend 82 million US dollars on a second batch of Chinese K-8 military training aircraft, President Hugo Chavez announced on Sunday. The Chavez regime has ordered 18 of the light attack and training planes from China and last March received the first six.

• Monday, June 7th 2010 - 10:57 UTC

  OAS delegates and business sector agree to promote democracy and social equality

  

  The Organization of American States, OAS, member countries and the business sector agreed in Lima, Peru on the need to strengthen and instigate the alliance between the public and private sectors in order to promote democracy, social equality and responsibility, and the fight against crime.