Latin America

Monday, March 23rd 2009 - 09:54 UTC
Charles and climate change: people realize I wasn’t “talking nonsense”

Prince Charles who has been visiting the Amazon and the Galapagos islands said in a interview published on Sunday people now realised he had not been “talking nonsense” during his many years of campaigning for action on environmental issues.
Sunday, March 22nd 2009 - 17:40 UTC
Venezuela: Chavez trims budget, adds debt to counter crisis

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Saturday almost tripled his government's borrowing plan and trimmed his budget to offset a slide in oil revenues, but resisted pressure to devalue the local bolivar currency.
Friday, March 20th 2009 - 08:44 UTC
El Salvador president elect visits Lula da Silva and talks with Obama

El Salvador's President-elect Mauricio Funes will make his first foreign trip to Brazil, officials said after his party of former Marxist rebels triumphed in weekend elections. On Wednesday US President Barack Obama telephoned Mr. Funes to congratulate him on his election.
Friday, March 20th 2009 - 07:38 UTC
Costa Rica, El Salvador to re-establish ties with Cuba

After almost 50 years of severed ties, Costa Rica will re-establish diplomatic relations with Cuba, President Oscar Arias announced Thursday. The move, announced via a press release, comes after Foreign Minister Bruno Stagno hinted earlier this week that a rapprochement was possible.
Friday, March 20th 2009 - 07:20 UTC
El Salvador: No Radical Mandate

The FMLN wins the presidency in El Salvador, but it's no mandate for revolutionary change such as populism and confiscations.
Thursday, March 19th 2009 - 16:51 UTC
Chilean economy expands 0.2% in fourth quarter and 3.2% in 2008

The Chilean economy expanded 0.2% in the last quarter of 2008 closing the year with an overall growth of 3.2%, according to data released by the Central Bank.
Wednesday, March 18th 2009 - 15:32 UTC
New natural gas discovery in Tierra del Fuego

Latinamerican oil and gas explorer GeoPark Holdings Ltd (GPK.L) announced this week that tests at its newly drilled gas well in southern Chile were “successful” and that it planned to drill seven to nine new wells in 2009.
Wednesday, March 18th 2009 - 08:13 UTC
Chile supports India as permanent member of UN Security Council

India and Chile reaffirmed their support for a comprehensive reform of the United Nations including expansion of the Security Council to make the world body more representative, legitimate and effective.
Wednesday, March 18th 2009 - 08:02 UTC
Car sales in Chile plunge 55% in first two months of 2009

Sales of new cars and light trucks in Chile plunged 54.8% in the first two months of 2009 compared to the same period a year ago the country's automotive association ANAC said Tuesday.
Monday, March 16th 2009 - 15:25 UTC
El Salvador former guerrilla leader Funes won Sunday's presidential election

El Salvador's former Marxist guerrillas, who fought one of the bitterest conflicts of the Cold War, finally won power through the ballot box after a tight election victory over their right-wing civil war foes.