Latin America

Saturday, December 16th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Chilean leader proposes soc. sec. reform

President Michelle Bachelet on Friday proposed a shake-up of Chile's widely admired but incomplete private social security system, urging a minimum government pension for 1 million elderly Chileans left out of the current program.
Saturday, December 16th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Chavez denies Castro cancer claim

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has dismissed suggestions that Cuban leader and ally Fidel Castro has cancer, but said he was fighting a serious illness.
Saturday, December 16th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Top Chilean General removed for praising Pinochet

The aftermath of General Augusto Pinochet's funeral, and legacy, continue to reverberate in Chilean politics and the Chilean Armed Forces: the General responsible for the Metropolitan Santiago area, one of the country's most important was sacked Friday following statements on support of the 1973 military coup and praise for the dictator.
Thursday, December 14th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Chilean export fraud with meat shipped to Japan

Chile's Agriculture and Livestock Service (SAG) will send at least two representatives to Japan this weekend to clarify any questions the Asian government may have regarding the recent red meat exported to the island nation and stamped with false sanitation seals.
Thursday, December 14th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Lan confirms discount rates and night flight to Punta Arenas

Lan Chile announced that as of December 18, its special rates system will be made extensive to all itineraries between Santiago and Punta Arenas and Puerto Montt, and the recently introduced test night flights to those cities will become definitive.
Thursday, December 14th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Another Venezuelan ambassador on the tight rope

With mounting tension between the Bolivian government and four of the country's nine provinces pressing for regional autonomy, Venezuela's ambassador caused a political seism when he admitted the possibility of sending Venezuelan troops in support of the administration of President Evo Morales.
Monday, December 11th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Pinochet: no state funeral or national mourning

The Chilean government announced Sunday that the deceased dictator General Augusto Pinochet will be receiving honors of a former Commander in chief of the Army, and not of head of state or national mourning.
Thursday, August 24th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Cellulose Prices at their Highest in Five Years

Chilean wood pulp producers Copec and CMPC are cashing in on high cellulose prices, which rose to a year-to-date high of 708.7 US dollars a ton on Tuesday. This is the highest price for cellulose since 2002, the disastrous year when cellulose prices fell to 433.2 US dollars a ton.