Latin America

Sunday, October 11th 2009 - 11:53 UTC
Fidel Castro supports Norwegian academy on Nobel prize for Obama

Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro praised the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to US President Barack Obama, saying it was “a positive measure” that was more a criticism of past US policies than a recognition of Obama's accomplishments.
Saturday, October 10th 2009 - 16:52 UTC
UN plane crashes in Haiti killing Uruguayan and Jordanian peacekeepers

Eleven United Nations peacekeepers, six of them Uruguayans were killed Friday when their surveillance plane crashed into a mountainside in Haiti during a routine patrol, United Nations officials said.
Saturday, October 10th 2009 - 16:50 UTC
“Populist wave” is not a threat to stability in Latinamerica

The “populist wave” in Latinamerica represented by leaders such as Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez and Evo Morales in Bolivia are not an “excessive threat” to stability and territorial balance said Chilean writer Jorge Edwards.
Friday, October 9th 2009 - 11:34 UTC
Chilean company buys Brazilian plant becomes world’s second producer of pulp

CMPC SA owned by Chile’s billionaire Matte family, agreed to buy a pulp unit in southern Brazil from Fibria for 1.43 billion US dollars to become the world’s second-biggest producer of cellulose.
Friday, October 9th 2009 - 10:15 UTC
Honduras crisis remains stalled but effective dialogue has started

Honduras ousted president Manuel Zelaya said on Thursday that the head of the de facto government Roberto Micheletti is planning to stay longer than anticipated in office.
Thursday, October 8th 2009 - 11:19 UTC
Cuba confirms there is no such thing as a free lunch and ends free meals

Economist Nobel Milton Friedman use to say there is no such thing as a free lunch - but for years the majority of Cubans have been given free meals at state-run workplace canteens.
Thursday, October 8th 2009 - 11:10 UTC
“Pink taxis” only for ladies and driven by ladies with GPS

As of this week the Mexican city of Puebla has a fleet of 35 “pink taxis” exclusive for women and driven by ladies, announced the local Communications and Transport Secretariat.
Thursday, October 8th 2009 - 07:16 UTC
Chile slaps 15% safeguard on Argentine, Uruguayan milk and cheese imports

Chilean dairy farmers on Wednesday expressed satisfaction with the government’s decision to impose safeguards on powder milk (whole and skinned) and Gouda cheese from Argentina and Uruguay.
Thursday, October 8th 2009 - 02:26 UTC
Carrefour denies considering exiting Latinamerican “lucrative markets”

French retailer Carrefour is seriously considering exiting Latin America, one of its most lucrative markets, under pressure from top shareholders, Le Monde newspaper reported in a preview of its Thursday edition.
Wednesday, October 7th 2009 - 09:44 UTC
UV alert in Punta Arenas as ozone-hole advances to the continent

Magallanes University Ozone Monitoring Laboratory has detected for the second time this year a considerable advance of the Antarctic Ozone Hole over this region in the extreme south of Chile.