Latin America

Wednesday, October 29th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Top Chilean party leader resigns after electoral debacle

The head of the main party in Chile's ruling centre-left coalition quit on Tuesday and has given up on competing in next year's presidential race, following a poor showing in Sunday's municipal elections.
Wednesday, October 29th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Overwhelming UN support to end US embargo on Cuba

The United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly 185-3 on Wednesday to renew its annual demand that the United States end its 46 year trade and financial embargo against Cuba.
Tuesday, October 28th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Latinamericans prefer Obama over McCain three to one

A majority of Latin-Americans know little or nothing about the coming US presidential election but a modest majority, 29%, believe Democrat Barack Obama would be more convenient for the region, according to the 2008 version of the Santiago based Latino-barometer public opinion poll which included three questions on the issue.
Tuesday, October 28th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Municipal elections in Chile advance a cabinet reshuffle

Setbacks in Sunday's municipal elections appear to have pushed Chile's president to shake up her Cabinet, according to Interior minister Edmundo Perez Yoma.
Tuesday, October 28th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Peru and Spain sign “strategic association” accord

Peru and Spain signed this week a “strategic association” agreement during a ceremony headed by King Juan Carlos and Peruvian president Alan Garcia at Government Palace in Lima, the highlight of the royal couple's visit to Peru.
Tuesday, October 28th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Chilean ruling coalition could annex communist party

Chilean presidential hopeful and currently Secretary General of the Organization of American States, (OAS) Jose Miguel Insulza admitted that the Chilean ruling coalition could loose next year's election. But he also proposed closer ties with the Communist party to impede further vote erosion.
Monday, October 27th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Chile's opposition confirms advance in municipal vote

Chile's conservative opposition collected a string of surprise wins in municipal elections across the country Sunday, delivering a blow to the ruling coalition of President Michele Bachelet as her party heads into next year's presidential race.
Sunday, October 26th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Farc hostage Lizcano escapes with guard after 8 years

A Colombian congressman held hostage by Marxist guerrillas for eight years escaped through the jungle with one of his captors in another blow to Latin America's oldest insurgency.
Saturday, October 25th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Latam prospects conditioned to commodity prices

Latin American economic growth may slow more than expected in 2009 due to lower prices for the commodities that drive many of the region's economies, the International Monetary Fund said this week in Chile.
Saturday, October 25th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Mexico moves to reform oil industry with private sector

Mexico's Senate approved this week changes to the country's oil sector designed to halt rapidly falling production and ensure Mexico's oil self-sufficiency in the medium term. The bill must now be considered by the Lower House.