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Latin America

  • Monday, March 3rd 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    Venezuelan team of scientists and officers arrive in Antarctica

    Venezuelan scientists and military officers traveling on a Uruguayan naval research ship reached the Antarctic peninsula over the weekend following a 15-day, 3.700 kilometers voyage. This is the first time a Venezuelan team officially takes part in Antarctic navigation and research.

  • Sunday, March 2nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    Colombia's FARC number 2 killed in Ecuador border clash

    The number 2 commander of Colombian guerrillas Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia has been killed in combat Saturday, the government said, describing the action “as the biggest blow so far” to FARC.

  • Sunday, March 2nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    Chavez warns Colombia about war following FARC raid

    Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has warned Colombia that a strike against the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces, (FARC), rebel group inside Venezuela like that in Ecuador on Saturday could start a war.

  • Sunday, March 2nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    Opposition compares Bolivian situation with Yugoslavia

    Opposition leaders in Bolivia warned of a “fractured country” and accused President Evo Morales of leading Bolivia in the footsteps of Yugoslavia while calling for “civil resistance” in those provinces that openly reject the constitutional reforms to be voted next May.

  • Saturday, March 1st 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    Magallanes Region has the lowest unemployment

    Magallanes Region in the extreme south of Chile has the lowest unemployment in the country, 1.8%, according to the latest release from the country's Statistics Office, INE.

  • Saturday, March 1st 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    Chilean president scheduled to visit Great Britain in April

    Pte. Michelle Bachelet

    The busy international agenda for Chilean President Michelle Bachelet and her Foreign Affaire minister Alejandro Foxley includes hosting Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Italian president Giorgio Napolitano in March and visiting Great Britain in April.

  • Friday, February 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    Chile preparing for energy rationing: voltage reduced 10%

    Marcelo Tokman, Chile's Energy Minister.

    The specter of energy shortages in Chile reared its head again this week, as the Ministry of Economy released a short-term plan to confront the country's increasingly perilous energy scenario, particularly the prospect of electricity rationing, which the government last instituted in 1998. The order contains 30 points that intend to help Chile's electricity providers to operate responsibly in the coming year.

  • Friday, February 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    Raul Castro's Cuba signs binding human rights covenants

    Cuba signed on Thursday two legally binding human rights agreements at the United Nations in New York just days after Raul Castro was sworn in as the new president. The covenants - part of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights - commit Cuba to freedom of expression and association, and the right to travel, which Fidel Castro long opposed.

  • Friday, February 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    US nuclear carrier in exercise with Brazil and Argentine navies

    Carrier USS George Washington

    Nuclear aircraft carrier USS George Washington, one of the world's most impressive man-o-war and three other US Navy units will be participating in joint exercises with the navies from Brazil and Argentina along the coast of Rio do Janeiro, reports Correio Braziliense Friday edition.

  • Friday, February 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    Bolivia bitterly divided over constitutional vote

    A bitterly divided Bolivian Congress on Thursday approved a May 4 referendum on President Evo Morales' proposed constitutional review, which would grant greater political power to Bolivia's long-oppressed indigenous groups and greater government intervention in the economy.