Latin America

Tuesday, December 2nd 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Chile-Peruvian spat: hopefully on Friday it's back to normal

Tensions between Chile and Peru remained high Monday after last week's revelation that Peru's top army general said at a party that Chileans in Peru would be sent back in coffins or body bags.
Tuesday, December 2nd 2008 - 20:00 UTC
APEC forum helps boost Peruvian president standing

Peruvian president Alan García's approval was up 8.1 points in November according to the latest release from the public opinion pollster CPI.
Tuesday, December 2nd 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Suitcase scandal Venezuelan lawyer sentenced to jail

A Venezuelan lawyer who worked with his government's intelligence services to cover up an 800,000 US dollars cash campaign donation to Argentina's president was sentenced Monday afternoon in a Miami federal court to two years in prison on charges of being an illegal foreign agent.
Monday, December 1st 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Following visit Russian leader calls for bigger Latam role

Russian president Dmitri Medvedev said he was very satisfied with his Latinamerican tour which took him to Peru, Brazil, Venezuela and Cuba because it enabled to re-establish strong links with the region.
Monday, December 1st 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Chavez re-launches presidential indefinite re-election project

President Hugo Chavez is asking his party and supporters to propose a constitutional reform that would allow him to seek indefinite re-election while claiming his political adversaries are trying to bring down his elected government.
Monday, December 1st 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Uruguay, Colombia, Peru won't support Kirchner in Unasur

Peru and Colombia don't support former Argentine president Nestor Kirchner for the job of Unasur (Union of South American Nations) secretary general, according to reports from Lima and Bogotá.
Monday, December 1st 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Fiscal deficit no longer a “dirty word” for Chilean gov.

Chile's Finance minister said one month's fiscal deficit is “no problem” and minimized the impact of the strong increase in government expenditure in October as in most of the other nine months.
Sunday, November 30th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Extreme south of Chile prepared to weather global crisis

Magallanes Region in the extreme south of Chile seems prepared to endure the effects of the coming global recession according to a report published Sunday by the country's main daily in Santiago, El Mercurio.
Sunday, November 30th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Bottle with message to dead officer of Falklands' conflict

A Chilean fisherman from Puerto Williams in Tierra del Fuego found a bottle with a message to an Argentine combatant who died when the sinking of the cruiser “General Belgrano” in May 1982 during the South Atlantic conflict over the Falkland Islands.
Sunday, November 30th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Anniversary of papal action that stopped Argentina-Chile war

Brazilian cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer will represent Pope Benedict XVI in the ceremony honouring the 30th anniversary of the Vatican's mediation between Chile and Argentina which avoided a full fledged war over the Beagle channel and adjoining islands in the extreme south of the continent.