Latin America

Wednesday, July 22nd 2009 - 08:28 UTC
Brazil tells Hillary of dissatisfaction with Arias mediation in Honduras crisis

Brazilian Foreign Affairs Minister Celso Amorim phoned last weekend US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who was in New Delhi, India, to “express concern” about the slow pace and handling of the negotiations for the reinstatement of the democratic order in Honduras, reports Folha do Sao Paulo.
Wednesday, July 22nd 2009 - 08:25 UTC
Nicaraguan opposition condemns President Ortega’s re-election appeal

Nicaraguan opposition members in Congress condemned this week a public appeal for constitutional changes by President Daniel Ortega as an attempt to extend term limits and eventually allow the populist leader's re-election.
Wednesday, July 22nd 2009 - 07:06 UTC
Venezuela reacts angrily to US report on cocaine smuggling and corruption

Venezuela said United States must stop publishing “interventionist” reports criticizing the country’s drug interdiction practices in order for relations to improve. A report released Monday by the US Government Accountability Office, GAO, amounts to “political blackmail” warned the Venezuelan Foreign Affairs ministry in an e-mailed statement
Wednesday, July 22nd 2009 - 06:58 UTC
Panama praises “professionalism” of Honduras Army in the crisis

Panamanian Vice-president and Foreign Affairs minister Juan Carlos Varela praised the Honduran Army for its “professionalism” in dealing with the political crisis of the country in spite of repeated claims of repression from human rights organizations.
Tuesday, July 21st 2009 - 22:36 UTC
Top Israeli official Latinamerican tour: trade and “Iran influence” in the agenda

Israel's foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman left on Monday on a ten day trip to Brazil, Colombia, Peru and Argentina to increase trade and strengthen ties with several countries as well as stemming growing Iranian influence in the region, said Deputy minister Danny Avalon.
Tuesday, July 21st 2009 - 11:18 UTC
Former Peruvian president convicted to jail for corruption

The former President of Peru Alberto Fujimori, has been given a seven-and-a-half-year jail term for corruption. The 70-year-old was convicted by Peru's Supreme Court of giving 15 million US dollars in state funds to his spy chief Vladimiro Montesinos. Fujimori admitted making the payment, but said he later repaid the money.
Monday, July 20th 2009 - 13:24 UTC
From pumas to penguins in Southern Chile Patagonian safaris

The Chilean Patagonian steppe is the setting for the development of a series of projects designed to link the region's landscape with its native fauna. Pumas, rheas, guanacos and hares feature among the major attractions in this emerging tourist sector.
Friday, July 17th 2009 - 11:37 UTC
Four South American presidents call for the “second independence”

Calling for a second and definitive independence and criticizing United States, presidents from Bolivia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Paraguay participated in the Thursday celebrations of the 200th anniversary of the Bolivian capital La Paz uprising against the Spanish crown.
Friday, July 17th 2009 - 11:13 UTC
Latinamerica food prices remain 25% higher than two years ago says FAO

Domestic food prices in developing countries, particularly Latinamerica remain high despite a sharp decline in international prices and overall good cereal harvests, FAO warned on Thursday in its latest Crop Prospects and Food Situation report.
Thursday, July 16th 2009 - 16:06 UTC
Honduras’s Micheletti leader 'willing to quit'

Honduras' interim president has agreed to step down on the condition that Manuel Zelaya, the country's ousted president, is not allowed to regain power. Roberto Micheletti made the offer on Thursday as a means to end the nearly three-week-old political standoff in Honduras