Latin America

Wednesday, November 11th 2009 - 10:50 UTC
Peruvian navy interested in Argentine manufactured sea-air missiles

The Peruvian Navy expressed interest in the acquisition of Argentine manufactured missiles currently under development, basically a version of the sea air Aspide, according to a Monday release from the Argentine Defence ministry.
Tuesday, November 10th 2009 - 12:08 UTC
Extraordinary OAS meeting to consider the Honduran situation

The Organization of American States Permanent Council will hold an extraordinary meeting Tuesday to assess the situation in Honduras following the interruption of the process agreed by both sides to end the several months political crisis.
Tuesday, November 10th 2009 - 08:41 UTC
Colombia will appeal to UN and OAS following Chavez war threats

Colombia said on Sunday it will appeal to the United Nations Security Council and the Organization of American States after President Hugo Chavez from neighbouring Venezuela ordered his army to prepare for war in order to assure peace.
Monday, November 9th 2009 - 15:17 UTC
Latinamerican media blasts populist regimes for trying to gag press critics

Populist leaders in Latin America increasingly use legal and political means to silence critics in the media, according to Enrique Santos Calderón, president of the Inter American Press Association (IAPA). Tactics include revoking broadcast licenses, fostering hostility toward journalists, and giving a free hand to government supporters who have attacked broadcast stations, newsrooms and printing plants.
Monday, November 9th 2009 - 15:15 UTC
Italian film attempts balanced approach to Falklands/Malvinas dispute

The Falklands/Malvinas are again the motive of a film this time by an Italian director and in the form of a documentary which tries to give a bigger picture of the issue, including Patagonia’s emptiness and the fact Falkland families have been living in the Islands for over 150 years.
Monday, November 9th 2009 - 12:24 UTC
Cuba keeps to the old calendar: celebrates 92 anniversary of Soviet revolution

The Cuban government and official media celebrated this weekend the 92 anniversary of the Bolshevik revolution headed by Russia’s Vladimir Lenin, and completely ignored the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall which marked the end of the Soviet empire.
Monday, November 9th 2009 - 09:42 UTC
Chavez tells Venezuela to “prepare for war” and warns Obama and Uribe

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called on the military to prepare for war and help train the civilians in the midst of an escalating dispute with neighbouring Colombia which last week ratified a treaty giving United States access to Colombian military bases.
Monday, November 9th 2009 - 09:06 UTC
Lack of rain threatens the world’s highest lake in the world

The lack of rains in most of Bolivia has caused the level of the highest lake in the world, Titicaca, shared by Bolivia and Peru, to drop 4.5 metres in the last month, according to government reports quoted in La Paz press.
Saturday, November 7th 2009 - 16:37 UTC
Polls show 7 points lead for Uruguayan incumbent presidential candidate

Uruguay’s ruling coalition presidential ticket, --Jose Mujica and Danilo Astori--, has a seven percentage points advantage over the opposition, Luis Alberto Lacalle and Jorge Larrañaga, for the run off the last Sunday of November, according to the latest opinion polls released in Montevideo
Saturday, November 7th 2009 - 16:32 UTC
Petrobras testing discovery of “huge” natural gas reserves in Peru’s Amazon

Brazil's Petrobras said on Friday it is still studying drilling results from lot 58 in Peru's Amazon and has yet to estimate natural gas deposits there, a day after Peruvian President Alan Garcia said the company struck a large find.