Latin America

Tuesday, October 2nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
South America: highest robbery rates

Fear of crime is driving investment away from cities in developing countries, where over half of all urban residents have been victims in the last five years, a United Nations report warned yesterday.
Monday, October 1st 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Cuba and the “new climate” after more foreign investors

Cuba is considering further opening its economy to foreign investments given the “new climate” for business and “economic consolidation”. However errors of the past 2will not be repeated”.
Monday, October 1st 2007 - 21:00 UTC
October 10 begins bidding process for Magallanes oil

Next October 10 begins the timetable for oil corporations interested in the bidding process for hydrocarbons exploration and production in the Magallanes Region in the extreme south of Chile.
Sunday, September 30th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Magallanes has fastest ageing population in Chile

Magallanes Region has the fastest ageing population in Chile with 17.3% of its residents over 60 and also the highest number of single over 60 households in spite of the fact the region has the second highest per capita income of the country.
Sunday, September 30th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Ozone layer hole reaches outskirts of Punta Arenas

Punta Arenas in the extreme south of Chile, over the weekend and for another couple of days, is estimated to be in the edge of the Antarctic ozone layer hole significantly increasing risks to human beings and living things.
Friday, September 28th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Iranian leader cements Chavez relationship

Venezuelan and Iranian presidents Hugo Chávez and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ratified their “anti-imperialist” stance and assured a “new time of justice” for the oppressed peoples around the world is starting.
Friday, September 28th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Argentine energy shortage repeat for Chilean mines

Mining leaders in Chile indicated to local press this week that their industry is bracing for energy shortages in the coming year
Friday, September 28th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
United Kingdom main market for booming Chilean wine industry

Chile's wine and fish exports for the first eight months of 2007 increased a significant 34% and 12% respectively compared to the same period last year.
Thursday, September 27th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Magallanes Rockhopper population reaches 316 thousand

Scientists reported this week that the population of Southern Rockhopper penguins on Isla Noir, in southern Chile, the most important colony for the Eudyptes chrysocom family in all of South America, has risen to 316 thousand. Environmentalists stressed the importance of this increase in population, especially in light of the drop in the species' population in previous decades.
Thursday, September 27th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Bolivia ignores US warnings and reaches out to Iran

Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and a delegation of 35 officials arrived Thursday morning in La Paz for a half day visit to Bolivia as part of Teheran's policy to break increasing international isolation, which is welcomed by left leaning regimes in the region anxious to counterweight United States influence.