Latin America

• Tuesday, November 24th 2009 - 03:18 UTC

  Chile denies conflict with Peru will be considered in Unasur defence meeting

  

  Chile said that the alleged espionage case involving a Peruvian military that passed sensitive information to a Chilean counterpart is a “bilateral issue” and firmly denied it was to be discussed in the coming Unasur (Union of South American nations) Defence Council.

• Monday, November 23rd 2009 - 13:27 UTC

  All Honduran parties are calling on Hondurans to vote next Sunday

  

  Honduran presidential candidates wrapped up their electoral campaigns on Sunday with massive rallies calling on followers and “all Hondurans” to vote next November 29th when a new president, congress, and municipal officials will be elected.

• Monday, November 23rd 2009 - 11:26 UTC

  Palestinian president received with full honours in Brazil and Argentina

  

  Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas arrived at Buenos Aires Sunday evening g for a diplomatic trip that includes a meeting with Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner on Monday.

• Monday, November 23rd 2009 - 11:17 UTC

  Regional conflicts call for urgent meeting of South American Defence council

  

  The Union of South American nations, Unasur, Defence Council will be holding an extraordinary meeting next Friday to address several serious problems involving country members announced the Ecuadorian Foreign Affairs ministry that will be hosting the event in the capital Quito.

• Monday, November 23rd 2009 - 11:12 UTC

  Chavez calls Venezuelans to join Bolivarian Militia; 300 Russian tanks on the way

  

  Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez announced the arrival of a shipment of 300 Russian tanks and armoured vehicles and ordered the members of the ruling party, United Socialist party of Venezuela, PSUV, to join the militia and armed groups.

• Monday, November 23rd 2009 - 11:06 UTC

  Chile was next target after Falklands in 1982, admits Argentine Brigadier

  

  The last Argentine dictatorship headed by General Leopoldo Fortunato Galtieri had plans to attack Chile following the invasion and recovery of the disputed Falklands/Malvinas Islands in 1982 revealed on Sunday the former chief of the Argentine Air Force at the time, Brigadier Basilio Lami Dozo.

• Saturday, November 21st 2009 - 11:20 UTC

  Venezuelan government takes over four private banks

  

  The Venezuelan government has taken over four private banks in the country for what it described as their incompliance with regulations.

• Saturday, November 21st 2009 - 09:04 UTC

  Mercosur has top performing and worst performing presidents

  

  Two presidents from Mercosur countries figure among the leaders with the highest approval ratings in the Americas while the other two are at the opposite end.

• Saturday, November 21st 2009 - 05:50 UTC

  Latinamerican poor to reach 189 million (9 million more) because of recession

  

  The current global crisis will cause the number of poor people in Latin America to rise by nine million to 189 million this year, the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (CEPAL) said in a report presented in Santiago de Chile.

• Friday, November 20th 2009 - 09:55 UTC

  Brazil, Peru and Uruguay in “boom phase recovery”

  

  The Economic Climate Index (ECI) in Latin America, (developed in partnership between the German Ifo Institute and Brazil’s Getulio Vargas Foundation) rose to 5.2 from 4.0 points between July and October 2009, exceeding for the first time since January 2008, the average of the last ten years (5.1 points).