Latin America

• Monday, January 15th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Chavez mends fences with OAS Secretary General

  

  Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez and the Organization of American States Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza shook hands Monday in Quito bringing relief to the conflicting situation between both officials.

• Monday, January 15th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Chilean support for “progressive” regimes in the region

  

  Praising democracy and in a clear support of fellow presidents seen as critical of United States, Chile's Michelle Bachelet said that the latest swing of elected governments in Latinamerica can be better described as “progressive” rather than left wing or radical.

• Sunday, January 14th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Ecuador's Correa manages support for reform plans

  

  Ecuadorian elected President Rafael Correa, flanked by Venezuela's Hugo Chavez and Bolivia's Evo Morales announced Sunday that “a new day is dawning” promising to rule for the indigenous, the migrants and the excluded.

• Sunday, January 14th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Fragile truce in Bolivia but with no solution on sight

  

  A fragile truce between supporters and opponents of Bolivian president Evo Morales helped restore some normality to the city of Cochabamba, in central Bolivia, where four days of rioting left two dead and over a hundred injured.

• Sunday, January 14th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Chile's 2006 inflation rate, 2.6%; 2007 target 3%

  Chile's National Statistics Institute (INE) reported 2.6% inflation for 2006, well within the goal set by Chile's Central Bank.

• Friday, January 12th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Cellulose at highest value in eleven years

  

  The value of cellulose rose to 735 US dollars per ton this week, according to industry indicators, the highest price for cellulose since February 16th, 1996

• Thursday, January 11th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Britain's Princess Anne to Visit Chile

  

  Chile receives its fair share of high-profile visitors, from heads of state, to world famous rock musicians to Hollywood movie stars. Rarely, though, does the country play host to true royalty, much less to a key member of Great Britain's House of Windsor.

• Thursday, January 11th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Morales announces 2007 nationalization of mining industry

  

  Bolivian President Evo Morales renewed his pledge to nationalize his country's mining industry, saying he would complete the task this year.

• Thursday, January 11th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Chile in US list of “intellectual property” rigging

  The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced this week that Chile has been elevated from its “Watch List” to its “Priority Watch List” for alleged failure to comply with U.S. standards for intellectual property rights protection. The USTR cited the software and pharmaceutical industries in Chile as presenting the greatest threats to American business interests.

• Wednesday, January 10th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Venezuela's nationalization plans spook markets and investors

  Investors scared by President Hugo Chavez's nationalization plans rushed to sell off Venezuelan stocks Tuesday, while U.S. officials and financial analysts warned that increasing government control in the power, telecom and oil sectors is a mistake.