Latin America

Friday, March 13th 2009 - 04:24 UTC
Chile reshuffles cabinet ahead of electoral year

Chilean president Michelle Bachelet on Thursday reshuffled her cabinet by naming new Foreign Affairs and Defence ministers as well as a new government spokesperson. This is the eighth reshuffle since taking office in 2006 and marks the beginning of a tough electoral and financial year.
Thursday, March 12th 2009 - 16:13 UTC
Chile dropped six places on list of tourism destinations

Chile dropped six places in the World Economic Forum’s latest travel and tourism ranking for the most competitive and attractive countries for travel and tourism.
Chile is now in 57th place out of the 133 countries included in the study – beating out nearby countries like Peru (74th place) and Argentina (65th).
Thursday, March 12th 2009 - 16:09 UTC
Bolivian president Morales chews coca leaf and calls for respect

Bolivian president Evo Morales ate a coca leaf in front of delegates at the UN summit on drugs in Vienna on Wednesday, to underline his demand that the raw ingredient used to make cocaine be removed from the United Nation's list of prohibited drugs.
Thursday, March 12th 2009 - 15:43 UTC
Peru signalled as only Latam country to slip from recession

Peru is the only Latin American country likely to escape slipping into recession this year, a senior World Bank official said on Wednesday.
Wednesday, March 11th 2009 - 23:47 UTC
Prince Charles underscores close links with Chilean navy

The Prince of Wales returned to his Royal Navy roots on Tuesday when he visited a British frigate now in service with Chile. Charles, a former mine-sweeper commander, toured the frigate Almirante Condell with the Duchess of Cornwall during a trip to the Chilean city of Valparaiso.
Wednesday, March 11th 2009 - 23:45 UTC
South America calls on President Obama to end the Cuban embargo

Twelve South American Defence ministers meeting in Santiago de Chile urged the United States on Tuesday to end the nearly half a century economic and travel embargo on Cuba.
Wednesday, March 11th 2009 - 07:15 UTC
UK MBE honorary consul in Punta Arenas invites Prince Charles to Patagonia

British honorary consul in Punta Arenas, extreme south of Chile, John Rees said he felt greatly moved and proud after having been awarded the MBE, Member of the British Empire honour by Prince Charles, currently visiting Chile.
Wednesday, March 11th 2009 - 06:58 UTC
Alleging “CIA conspiracy” Bolivia expels Obama administration diplomat

Bolivian president Evo Morales ordered a senior US diplomat to leave the country, accusing him of siding with opposition groups in a “conspiracy” against the government in La Paz.
Tuesday, March 10th 2009 - 11:25 UTC
Mexico City with sharpest cost of living decline in the region

The latest Economist Intelligence Unit cost of living survey highlights the way in which sharp shifts in exchange rates in recent months have altered the relative cost of living in cities around the world.
Tuesday, March 10th 2009 - 08:55 UTC
Venezuela seizes land from Irish company; warns Coca Cola

Ireland’s Smurfit Kappa corporation confirmed Monday that the Venezuelan government had seized 1.500 hectares of land with eucalyptus the company owns in the country valued in half a million Euros.