Latin America

• Friday, July 13th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Escalating protests in Peru with at least three dead

  Peruvian unions staged a second day of escalating national protests, leaving three dead and dozens injured prompting alarm over economic losses in tourism and agriculture, and the overall economy one of the fastest growing in South America.

• Friday, July 13th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  World's richest man interested in Panama Canal expansion

  Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim, rated as the world's richest man, is competing with other international consortiums for the projected expansion of the Panama Canal, according to official Panamanian sources.

• Thursday, July 12th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Chilean Supreme Court rejects extradition of Fujimori

  

  A Chilean Supreme Court judge rejected the extradition of Alberto Fujimori Wednesday, saying Peru failed to prove its former president was involved in death squads and corruption

• Wednesday, July 11th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Organic yields “can better conventional farming”

  

  Organic farming can yield up to three times as much food as conventional farming in developing countries, and holds its own against standard methods in rich countries, according to United States researchers.

• Wednesday, July 11th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile's salmon industry catching on number one Norway

  

  Low production costs, free trade agreements and a growing health food craze are giving Chilean salmon companies an edge over their Norwegian competitors.

• Wednesday, July 11th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile promoting oil and gas exploration in Magallanes Region

  

  Chile's Ministry of Mines announced this week that the period to acquire tender bases for the Magallanes Region oil and gas exploration project has been extended for another thirty days until Thursday August 9.

• Tuesday, July 10th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine group interested in managing Punta Arenas airport

  

  An Argentine group firmly established in Patagonia is interested in participating in the tender for management of two of Chile's extreme south airports, Punta Arenas and Puerto Natales according to reports in the local press.

• Tuesday, July 10th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Pope confirms Patagonian Mapuche native en route to beatification

  

  Pope Benedict XVI signed last week a decree declaring the upcoming beatification of an Argentine Mapuche native from Patagonia. Ceferino Namuncurá, son of a native chieftain and student of the Salesian order of priests was born in the province of Rio Negro August 26, 1886 and died at Rome on November 11, 1905.

• Tuesday, July 10th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Cold weather snap hits South America and more to come

  

  Thousands of Argentines cheered and threw snowballs in the streets of Buenos Aires on Monday as the capital's first major snowfall since 1918 spread a thin white mantle across the region. The freezing spell also extended to Chile, Bolivia and Uruguay.

• Tuesday, July 10th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Venezuela/Iran deliver first 300 “anti imperialist” cars

  

  The first 300 units of the so called “anti imperialist automobile”, jointly produced by Venezuela and Iran were delivered this week in Caracas to recent graduates of the Venezuelan Military Academy.