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Montevideo, October 24th 2025 - 05:29 UTC

Latin America

  • Saturday, August 1st 2009 - 17:17 UTC

    Venezuela Mulls Jail Time for “Media Offenses”

    Minister Cabello: “The country demands” that freedom of speech “be regulated.”

    The leftist Venezuelan government expressed on Friday its support for the draft legislation that contemplates jail sentences for “media offenses,” an idea denounced by journalists’ associations and media executives.

  • Saturday, August 1st 2009 - 02:47 UTC

    Magallanes region unemployment the lowest in Chile, 4.9%

    Women decided to go to work and reduced the gender jobless rate by half.

    The unemployment rate in Magallanes region, extreme south of Chile during the second quarter reached 4.9% which is more than double a year ago (2.2%). However it was down 1.4 percentage points from the previous quarter, making it Chile’s region with the lowest rate of jobless, according to the latest report from the country’s Statistics Office.

  • Friday, July 31st 2009 - 12:12 UTC

    Chile, Panama with the highest rate of imprisoned population

    Mr. Elias Carranza blames inequality and poverty for much of the region’s criminality

    Chile, Panama and Salvador are the three Latinamerican countries with the highest number of imprisoned criminals per 100.000 of population, according to a report from the United Nations Latinamerican institute for crime prevention and treatment of delinquents, INALUD.

  • Friday, July 31st 2009 - 12:04 UTC

    Punta Arenas hosts next week Antarctic science programs summit

    Retamales said 26 countries are expected for the Antarctic meeting

    Chile will host the next annual meeting of the Council of Managers of Annual Antarctic Programs, CMNAP, which convenes 26 countries, reported the organizers. The host city will be Punta Arenas in the extreme south of Chile and headquarters of Chile’s Antarctic Institute.

  • Friday, July 31st 2009 - 07:56 UTC

    Wind Power Investment: Blowing Towards Chile

    Currently Argentina is only sending 10% of the agreed quantity of natural gas to its Andean neighbour, Chile. Faced with an energy crisis beginning to impact upon economic growth, Chile was forced to scour the globe for energy sources says Eugenio Chinchon, a Chilean business development manager specializing in renewable energy.

  • Friday, July 31st 2009 - 04:19 UTC

    Chilean industrial production and sales fall at moderate pace

    The ravaged salmon industry cut three percentage points from industrial output.

    Chilean industrial output and sales fell less than expected in June, suggesting that the country’s economy could be climbing out of its deepest recession in a decade, according to the latest release from the Statistics Institute, INE.

  • Friday, July 31st 2009 - 04:07 UTC

    Chilean copper industry recovers and regains over half lost jobs

    Mining companies are re-launching their expansion plans

    The Chilean mining industry has regained more than half of the jobs lost in the recent recession and is anticipating further growth, spurred in large part by a growing value for copper, according to the latest numbers from the Minister of Mining.

  • Friday, July 31st 2009 - 03:30 UTC

    Iran loans Bolivia 280 million USD to develop industry and energy sector

    Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has several friends in Latam

    Iran's top representative in Bolivia said Tehran has approved a 280 million US dollars loan for the Bolivian government to develop its industry and energy sector. Iranian diplomat in La Paz a Masoud Edrisi told the Associated Press Wednesday that the terms of the low-interest loan have net yet been set.

  • Thursday, July 30th 2009 - 13:59 UTC

    Russia and Cuba sign Gulf of Mexico oil exploration agreement

    Anywhere from 5 to 20 billion barrels of oil wait offshore Cuba

    Russia is to begin oil exploration in the Gulf of Mexico, after signing a deal with Cuba, says Cuban state media. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin signed four contracts securing exploration rights in Cuba's economic zone in the Gulf.

  • Thursday, July 30th 2009 - 06:36 UTC

    Unemployment in metropolitan Santiago down to 11.9%

    Bachelet administration’s strong stimulus plans to create jobs and provide funds are “showing their fruits”

    A report released by the University of Chile placed the unemployment rate of Santiago’s greater metropolitan area at 11.9%. The number marks a nearly one percentage point decrease from March, when the unemployment rate climbed to 12.8% in the metropolitan area.