Latin America

Thursday, October 22nd 2009 - 10:51 UTC
Uruguay’s presidential election next Sunday too tight to call

Uruguay’s coming Sunday presidential election is proving to be more nerve-racking and difficult to forecast than anticipated, with the ruling coalition just a few inches away from repeating in spite of the falling performance of the main opposition candidate.
Thursday, October 22nd 2009 - 08:10 UTC
Developed countries recovery “rests on growth in Asia and Latinamerica”

The economic recovery of developed countries, including the United States, rests largely on the growth of developing Asian and Latin American countries, the chief economist of Spanish banking group BBVA said this week.
Wednesday, October 21st 2009 - 10:27 UTC
Colombia demands reciprocity on formal non intervention guarantees

The same way some countries want non intervention assurances from Colombia, Bogotá is also asking for certainties that its neighbours will not grant bases or refuge to guerrillas or the drugs trade, said Defence minister Gabriel Silva in an interview with the Brazilian media.
Wednesday, October 21st 2009 - 06:15 UTC
Nicaraguan Supreme Court opens the way for re-election of President Ortega

The Nicaraguan Supreme Court has lifted a constitutional ban on re-election, clearing the way for President Daniel Ortega to run again in 2011 elections. The court's decision followed an appeal by Mr Ortega and a group of mayors.
In July, Mr Ortega said publicly he favoured allowing people the right to seek consecutive terms.
Wednesday, October 21st 2009 - 02:48 UTC
South America: An Analysis of Arms Races and Regional Geopolitics

In mid-September, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton critiqued Venezuela’s leader Hugo Chavez for his ongoing purchases of mostly Russian military equipment, arguing that this could trigger an arms race in South America. The statement has added fuel to the ongoing discussions about what form South America’s rearmament is taking and what this could come to mean for the security of the region.
Tuesday, October 20th 2009 - 07:59 UTC
Colombian president Uribe’s re-re-election is “in God’s hands”

Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said that whether he is re-elected for a third running mandate is “in God's hands”, but he does not want future generations to think that he was attached to power, reported Bogotá’s newspaper El Espectador.
Monday, October 19th 2009 - 12:46 UTC
Chile opens Wind Park to supply 57.000 homes

Chilean president Michelle Bachelet inaugurated last week the country's largest wind park. The Monte Redondo project demanded a 100 million US dollars investment and will have a production of 38 megawatts, which will power 57 thousand homes.
Monday, October 19th 2009 - 12:38 UTC
Peru condemns insults to Chilean president published in the Lima media

Peruvian Foreign Affairs minister Jose Antonio García Belaúnde condemned the “injurious” publication against Chilean president Michelle Bachelet in the front page of one of Lima’s yellow press dailies.
Saturday, October 17th 2009 - 10:30 UTC
Chavez suffers “ideological delirium symptoms” claims Caracas mayor

Venezuela’s capital Caracas Mayor Antonio Ledezma said that President Hugo Chavez suffers from “ideological delirium symptoms” because one day “he enshrines Fidel Castro, another Mao” and sometimes he “even praises Pinochet and Hitler”.
Saturday, October 17th 2009 - 05:24 UTC
Honduras crisis stalls President Obama expected visit to Brazil and Chile

US president Barack Obama could visit Brazil this year once the US Senate approves the nomination of Thomas Shannon as ambassador before the Brazilian government, announced the head of the Brazilian diplomatic legation in Washington Antonio Patriota.