Latin America

Tuesday, March 24th 2009 - 13:42 UTC
Tall ships regatta scheduled to call in Punta Arenas next summer

A tall ships regatta to commemorate the 200 anniversary of Chile’s independence from colonial Spain has been organized for the summer of 2010. The idea is similar to that of the United States in 1976, when tall ships from all over the world gathered for the bicentennial.
Tuesday, March 24th 2009 - 08:07 UTC
Crashed aircraft remains found in Tierra del Fuego 59 years later

Relatives from the lost crew of the Argentine Air Force British built Avro Lincoln MK II which crashed in Chilean Tierra del Fuego in 1950, and were only found recently are requesting Presidents Michelle Bachelet and Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner to authorize the repatriation of the remains.
Monday, March 23rd 2009 - 09:56 UTC
Galapagos Islands adds a new sponsor: movie star Richard Gere

United States movie star Richard Gere has offered to campaign to save the Galapagos Islands from development and tourism. During a weekend visit to the Islands, Gere, 59, met Lonesome George, the last tortoise of his species, who was greeted by Prince Charles last week.
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.