Latin America

Monday, April 21st 2014 - 06:28 UTC
Brazil attempts to combat dengue with GM mosquitoes

The world’s largest ever swarm of genetically modified mosquitoes has been released in a Brazilian town to combat dengue -- a leading cause of illness and fatality in several Mercosur countries, except for Uruguay.
Monday, April 21st 2014 - 06:24 UTC
Argentina and Paraguay have Mercosur delayed summit in their bilateral agenda

Argentina's Hector Timerman and Paraguay's Eladio Loizaga will be meeting Monday in Asunción to address among other issues the three times delayed Mercosur summit, which should take place in Venezuela, and must be decided before next June when the group's six-month chair again rotates.
Thursday, April 17th 2014 - 22:09 UTC
OAS Secretary General Insulza: “García Márquez Raised Latin American Literature to Global Heights”

José Miguel Insulza, today expressed his “deep sorrow over the death of Gabriel García Márquez, Colombian and Latin American author, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, primordial figure of the most prolific and brilliant generation of authors our continent has ever seen, who raised the literature of Latin America to global heights.”
Thursday, April 17th 2014 - 08:16 UTC
Mujica proposes wife Topolansky as the ruling coalition's vice-president candidate

Uruguayan president Jose Mujica has said that his wife and First Lady, Lucia Topolansky would make “a good Vice-president”. His statement comes ahead of June's primary and October's presidential election when Mujica's five year term will be over and he can't be re-elected immediately.
Thursday, April 17th 2014 - 04:44 UTC
Chilean plan to rebuild Valparaíso but people already returning to their rubble plots

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet vowed to reconstruct Valparaíso, utilizing a new plan that would prevent many of the 11,000 victims of devastating wildfires from rebuilding on hills that cannot be protected from disasters. But she faces a battle to convince evacuees to relocate, with many wishing to return to what remains of their previous homes.
Wednesday, April 16th 2014 - 04:44 UTC
Mercosur proposal to present the EU expected to be ready by end of April

Argentine cabinet chief Jorge Capitanich confirmed on Tuesday 'significant advances' in the elaboration of Mercosur's joint proposal to exchange with the European Union for discussions on a much delayed wide ranging cooperation and trade agreement.
Wednesday, April 16th 2014 - 04:36 UTC
Warnings of 'catastrophic' Chikungunya epidemic; fears it could spread during the World Cup

A team of French and Brazilian researchers warn that chikungunya virus is poised to invade, and become epidemic in the Americas according to research published ahead of print in the Journal of Virology.
Tuesday, April 15th 2014 - 23:18 UTC
Manchester University alumni society in Chile; UK number one destination of “Becas Chile”

British Ambassador to Chile, Mrs. Fiona Clouder, held a reception to mark the official launch of the Manchester University alumni society in Chile. Fifty Manchester graduates joined the event in the Ambassador’s residence from many different academic and professional disciplines.
Tuesday, April 15th 2014 - 06:46 UTC
Colombia applying to join OECD but must overcome the environmental performance test

Colombia’s rich natural heritage as one of the world’s most bio-diverse countries is coming under increasing pressure from extractive industries, livestock grazing, urbanization and car use, according to the latest OECD report on Environmental Performance Review, which will addressed when talks on Colombia’s accession to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Tuesday, April 15th 2014 - 06:41 UTC
Mexico and OECD discussing relations with the Pacific Alliance

Mexico's Economy Secretary Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal and the chairman of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD, José Ángel Gurría Treviño have met to address relations between OECD and the Pacific Alliance, and global value chains.