Latin America

• Wednesday, April 7th 2010 - 05:46 UTC

  Re-editing a “civilization experiment” involving Chile, England and Falklands

  

  The story of an indigenous boy from the extreme south of Chile captured and taken to England, and who years later faced trial in Falklands, plays out this week in a Santiago theatre.

• Wednesday, April 7th 2010 - 02:45 UTC

  Russia prepares to receive Colombia’s Uribe with full honours

  

  Colombian Foreign Affairs minister Jaime Bermudez visited Russia to promote bilateral cooperation and prepare the visit of President Álvaro Uribe. “The visit will coincide with the 200th anniversary of Colombia’s independence and 75 since the establishment of diplomatic relations between Russia and Colombia”, said Andrei Nesterenko, spokesperson for the Russian ministry.

• Wednesday, April 7th 2010 - 01:03 UTC

  Energy, trade and cooperation in Mujica/Chavez agenda

  

  Energy, trade and bilateral cooperation are the main issues of the agenda that Uruguayan president Jose Mujica will address with his Venezuelan peer Hugo Chavez on Wednesday in Caracas.

• Wednesday, April 7th 2010 - 00:12 UTC

  Bolivia plans to launch new coca leaf energy drink, “Coca Colla”

  

  The Bolivian government plans to help market the nation’s coca plant crops in products such as energy drinks, tea, toothpaste and flour.

• Tuesday, April 6th 2010 - 02:23 UTC

  US concerned about impact of Venezuelan purchase of Russian arms in Latam

  

  The United States Department is questioning Venezuela's need to buy billions of dollars in weapons from Russia, voicing concern the arms may end up elsewhere in Latin America.

• Monday, April 5th 2010 - 23:52 UTC

  Bolivia asked Putin for Moscow to return “strongly” to Latinamerica

  

  Bolivian President Evo Morales revealed that he asked Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to have Moscow return “strongly” to Latin America in the meeting that the pair held in Caracas last Friday.

• Monday, April 5th 2010 - 23:49 UTC

  Bolivian Government and opposition celebrate Sunday’s provincial voting

  

  Bolivian president Evo Morales claimed victory in the regional elections of this Sunday, because according to the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS), ‘now he controls six of the nine governors and three mayors of the ten largest in the country“.

• Monday, April 5th 2010 - 23:23 UTC

  Fariñas reply to Raul Castro: determined to continue “fasting until death”

  

  Cuban dissident Guillermo Fariñas accepted as a challenge the warning launched on Sunday by president Raul Castro that Havana will not be “blackmailed or yield” to “hunger strikers” and promised that now “more than ever” he was determined “to continue fasting until death”.

• Friday, April 2nd 2010 - 23:03 UTC

  Putin consolidates Russian partnership with Venezuela

  

  Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin arrived Friday in Venezuela for his first visit to the OPEC nation as he prepared to sign energy, defense, and financial agreements with President Hugo Chavez.

• Thursday, April 1st 2010 - 06:01 UTC

  Machu Picchu set to reopen to tourists

  

  Peru's most treasured archaeological site, Machu Picchu, is due to be formally re-opened after it was closed for two months.