Latin America

• Thursday, November 12th 2009 - 07:26 UTC

  Uruguay’s cruise season moves to Punta del Este fuelled by regional demand

  

  Uruguay’s 2009/2010 cruise season is scheduled to begin next November 20th in Montevideo with the arrival of “Minerva” and four days later in Punta del Este with “MSC Musica”.

• Thursday, November 12th 2009 - 05:53 UTC

  First foreign cruise of the season arrives in Punta Arenas; business down 27%

  

  The first international cruise called this week in Punta Arenas, extreme south of Chile, signalling the official beginning of the 2009/10 season which local tourist operators are anticipating is going to suffer a significant fall from the previous.

• Wednesday, November 11th 2009 - 11:36 UTC

  OAS Insulza admits frustration with the stalled Honduras situation

  

  Organization of American States Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza said he was not sure the two sides involved in the Honduras crisis would resume dialogue and discarded any idea of sending OAS observers for the scheduled presidential election at the end of November.

• Wednesday, November 11th 2009 - 11:32 UTC

  Brazil downplays Venezuela/Colombia “continental rhetoric”

  

  Differences between Venezuela and Colombia won’t reach extreme situations and both neighbours will find a way out through dialogue, said Brazilian Defence Minister Nelson Jobim.

• Wednesday, November 11th 2009 - 10:50 UTC

  Peruvian navy interested in Argentine manufactured sea-air missiles

  

  The Peruvian Navy expressed interest in the acquisition of Argentine manufactured missiles currently under development, basically a version of the sea air Aspide, according to a Monday release from the Argentine Defence ministry.

• Tuesday, November 10th 2009 - 12:08 UTC

  Extraordinary OAS meeting to consider the Honduran situation

  

  The Organization of American States Permanent Council will hold an extraordinary meeting Tuesday to assess the situation in Honduras following the interruption of the process agreed by both sides to end the several months political crisis.

• Tuesday, November 10th 2009 - 08:41 UTC

  Colombia will appeal to UN and OAS following Chavez war threats

  

  Colombia said on Sunday it will appeal to the United Nations Security Council and the Organization of American States after President Hugo Chavez from neighbouring Venezuela ordered his army to prepare for war in order to assure peace.

• Monday, November 9th 2009 - 15:17 UTC

  Latinamerican media blasts populist regimes for trying to gag press critics

  

  Populist leaders in Latin America increasingly use legal and political means to silence critics in the media, according to Enrique Santos Calderón, president of the Inter American Press Association (IAPA). Tactics include revoking broadcast licenses, fostering hostility toward journalists, and giving a free hand to government supporters who have attacked broadcast stations, newsrooms and printing plants.

• Monday, November 9th 2009 - 15:15 UTC

  Italian film attempts balanced approach to Falklands/Malvinas dispute

  

  The Falklands/Malvinas are again the motive of a film this time by an Italian director and in the form of a documentary which tries to give a bigger picture of the issue, including Patagonia’s emptiness and the fact Falkland families have been living in the Islands for over 150 years.

• Monday, November 9th 2009 - 12:24 UTC

  Cuba keeps to the old calendar: celebrates 92 anniversary of Soviet revolution

  

  The Cuban government and official media celebrated this weekend the 92 anniversary of the Bolshevik revolution headed by Russia’s Vladimir Lenin, and completely ignored the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall which marked the end of the Soviet empire.