Latin America

• Saturday, October 3rd 2009 - 12:21 UTC

  Honduras sides on conflict agree to a tentative dialogue under OAS

  

  Ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya and the de facto government headed by Roberto Micheletti have agreed to begin talks next week under the auspices of the OAS (Organization of American States) in an attempt to find a way out to the institutional crisis.

• Saturday, October 3rd 2009 - 06:21 UTC

  Have you ever tried the “Devil Duck” hunting combo of Black River Outfitters in Uruguay?

  

  May 1st through September 15th is duck season in Uruguay.
  With the Portela Brothers, owners and managers of Black River Outfitters, duck hunters from all over the world have an excellent opportunity to game at one of the finest duck breeding destinations imaginable.

• Saturday, October 3rd 2009 - 00:42 UTC

  Chile’s 2010 budget reinforces social assistance programs and education

  

  While other nations are struggling to cut costs and sacrificing social programs to combat the worldwide economic crisis, Chile´s 2010 budget will grow by 4.3% next year and includes a 5.8% increase in social assistance programs, Finance Minister Andrés Velasco announced this week.

• Friday, October 2nd 2009 - 05:36 UTC

  EU underlines significance of global partnership with Latinamerica

  

  The European Union wants closer links with Latinamerica and the Caribbean and will attempt in the near future to conclude the several pending agreements with different countries from the region, announced in Brussels Benita Ferrero-Waldner Commissioner responsible for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy.

• Thursday, October 1st 2009 - 15:53 UTC

  Arias calls for support for Honduras November election

  

  Costa Rica’s president Oscar Arias called on the international community to collaborate with Honduras November presidential election, avoiding isolating the de facto regime, thus helping to find a way out to the current crisis.

• Thursday, October 1st 2009 - 05:10 UTC

  Peru’s Fujimori gets another 6 years prison now for bribes

  

  Peru’s Supreme Court convicted and sentenced former President Alberto Fujimori to six years in prison for wiretapping opponents and paying bribes to lawmakers and publishers during his rule from 1990 to 2000.

• Thursday, October 1st 2009 - 04:30 UTC

  Zelaya denies Brazil was aware of his plans to return to Honduras

  

  Ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya said that Brazilian president Lula da Silva did not know about his decision to return to Honduras and claimed that followers calling for his reinstatement have been viciously beaten up by police in Tegucigalpa, according to reports in the Brazilian press.

• Wednesday, September 30th 2009 - 13:28 UTC

  Chile and Czech Republic work to restore Torres del Paine Park

  

  Four years after a negligent Czech citizen, Jiri Smitak, accidentally started a huge fire in the world famous Torres Del Paine national park in far southern Chile, part of the destroyed area is being replanted in native forest trees.

• Wednesday, September 30th 2009 - 13:14 UTC

  Senior US diplomat holds high-level talks with Cuban government

  

  A senior US diplomat had high-level talks with the Cuban government in Havana, the State Department said Tuesday. Bisa Williams, acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, met this week with Deputy Foreign Minister Dagoberto Rodriguez during a six-day trip to Cuba, Assistant Secretary P.J. Crowley said.

• Wednesday, September 30th 2009 - 07:24 UTC

  Peru proposes “non aggression pact” to counter arms race in Latinamerica

  

  Peru proposed before the United Nations General Assembly a “non aggression pact” to ensure a peace area in South America and to help counter what it describes the costly arms race. The issue has become highly sensitive in the region.