Latin America

• Friday, November 13th 2009 - 04:55 UTC

  Mexican tycoon and drug-lord make it to Forbes most powerful list

  

  Mexico made it to the Forbes list of the 67 most powerful in the world with two names: one of them a legitimate businessman linked to telecommunication with an international reputation, the other a notorious drug lord with a reward on his head.

• Friday, November 13th 2009 - 04:35 UTC

  Colombia takes Chavez “war threats” to the UN Security Council

  

  Colombia has taken its case with threats of war from neighbouring Venezuela to the United Nations Security Council after Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez told his army to get ready to fight.

• Friday, November 13th 2009 - 01:23 UTC

  Cuba drastically slashes “farm bureaucracy” to boost food production

  

  One of the major ills of Cuba’s state-run agricultural enterprises is “the excess of non-productive personnel,” Communist Party daily Granma said this week. The newspaper estimated the number of redundant employees in the state farming sector at 89,000, or 26% of the total.

• Friday, November 13th 2009 - 01:02 UTC

  Honduras US Supreme Court deliberates on Zelaya’s reinstatement

  

  The Honduras Supreme Court begun to consider late Wednesday if ousted President Manuel Zelaya should or should not be reinstated, a crucial step in the process to help overcome the four-month political crisis that has virtually paralyzed the Central American country.

• Friday, November 13th 2009 - 01:01 UTC

  Five-day ozone UV radiation alert in Punta Arenas

  

  The Ozone Laboratory from the University of Magallanes in Punta Arenas, extreme south of Chile has been recording the highest ultra violet indexes of the season and warned this week about exposure to sun light.

• Thursday, November 12th 2009 - 13:23 UTC

  Chilean gold production expected to triple by 2015

  

  A study conducted by Chile's National Copper Commission (COCHILCO) reports that the country will most likely triple its gold production within the next five years.
  The opening of new mines in Chile's north will take production from an annual level of 39 tons to nearly 110 tons, said the report.
  This would make Chile one of the world’s 10 largest producers.

• 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.