Latin America

Sunday, March 30th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
No end in sight to Andean conflict

President Rafael Correa's outrage over Colombia's cross-border raid on a rebel camp in Ecuador has improved his popularity, strengthening his chances of gaining approval for constitutional reforms later this year.
Sunday, March 30th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
FIDAE 2008, largest aerospace fair opens in Santiago

Chilean president Michelle Bachelet will inaugurate Monday the fifteenth edition of the International Air & Space Fair, FIDAE, Latinamerica largest air show and one of the leading exhibitions of the industry in the world.
Sunday, March 30th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
France increasingly involved in release of Colombian hostages

Colombia thanked France for having displayed on stand by a medical evacuation aircraft to receive, in case she's released, ailing French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt kidnapped by the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces, FARC over six years ago.
Saturday, March 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Chile: German tank trainers attacked

Five youths are accused of attacking nine German soldiers and taking them hostage in this Chilean port city, police said.
Friday, March 28th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Colombia offers jailed rebels for Ingrid Betancourt

The Colombian government has offered to suspend the sentences of hundreds of rebel fighters from FARC if it frees Ingrid Betancourt, a captive French-Colombian politician, and other hostages.
Friday, March 28th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Cuba lifts cellphone restrictions; next month DVDs

Cubans have been allowed unrestricted access to mobile phones for the first time in the latest reform announced under new President Raul Castro. In a statement in official newspaper Granma, state telecom monopoly ETECSA said it would offer mobile services to the public in the next few days.
Thursday, March 27th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Global and regional poor rating for Chilean air facilities

Bad flight connections, long waiting lines and restricted flight options are some of the reasons a recent World Economic Forum study placed Chile 7th among Latin American nations in airline services. Worldwide, Chile ranked 50th, with a 3.4 mark on a scale of one to seven.
Wednesday, March 26th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Chile: Finnish tourist held over Easter Island ear

The authorities on Easter Island have detained a Finnish tourist on suspicion of trying to steal an earlobe of one of the world-famous moai stone statues.
Wednesday, March 26th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Little chance FARC will free high-profile hostage

There is little chance Colombia rebels will free one-time Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt after that country's March 1 attack on a rebel camp inside Ecuador, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Tuesday
Wednesday, March 26th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Chile to spend millions removing borders' landmines

Chile will spend nine million dollars this year to remove thousands of land mines planted along the Argentine, Bolivian and Peruvian borders during a territorial dispute in the late 1970s, according to a report published this week.