Latin America

• Wednesday, November 13th 2013 - 06:24 UTC

  Guyana terms “illegal” and “spurious” Venezuela's claim over the Esequibo

  

  Guyana's Minister of Foreign Affairs Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett termed “illegal” and “spurious” Venezuela's claim over Essequibo, which is equivalent to a third of the former British colony territory.

• Wednesday, November 13th 2013 - 00:16 UTC

  Uruguay sends bill to parliament banning ownership of land by foreign companies or governments

  

  The Uruguayan government sent a draft law to parliament Tuesday that would ban the ownership of land by companies if they are in any way linked to foreign countries. The measure states it “aims to avoid the risk of foreign states breaching the sovereignty of the Uruguayan state in the absence of appropriate regulations and occupying a significant position in agricultural activity.”

• Tuesday, November 12th 2013 - 23:54 UTC

  Brazil and Peru seal strong integration and cooperation alliance

  

  Peruvian President Ollanta Humala and Brazil's Dilma Rousseff agreed on Monday to promote regional integration and trade as they marked the 10th anniversary of the bilateral strategic alliance. Rousseff arrived Monday in Lima on her fourth visit to Peru since Humala took power.

• Tuesday, November 12th 2013 - 08:14 UTC

  Maduro promises more price controls while bargain hunters empty appliance stores

  

  Venezuelans stood in lines outside appliance stores for a fourth day on Monday after President Nicolas Maduro deployed the army to force retailers to slash prices. After taking control of several appliance stores last week, Maduro vowed late Sunday to step up inspections of businesses selling shoes, clothes, automobiles and other goods to make sure they aren’t gouging consumers.

• Tuesday, November 12th 2013 - 08:10 UTC

  Lagarde praises Argentina's 'positive progress' in reforming economic data quality

  

  Argentina has made “positive progress” in reforming the quality of its economic data, the head of the International Monetary Fund said on Sunday, adding that the IMF's board is set to review the country's moves in a few days.

• Tuesday, November 12th 2013 - 00:21 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez returns to office next Monday 18, but tests will continue

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez will resume official functions as of next Monday 18 November, after completing a month of convalescence, presidential spokesman Alfredo Scoccimarro announced on Monday. However further tests are programmed to check when the president can again travel by air.

• Monday, November 11th 2013 - 18:56 UTC

  Majority of Chileans, 83% support nationalizing copper, but it's not an issue of the presidential campaign

  

  In an annual poll released last month, 83% of Chileans voted positively when asked “Are you in favor or against the proposal to nationalize copper?” — registering overwhelming support for a prospective reform that, while radical, remains relatively low on the list of campaign hot topics the November 17 presidential election.

• Monday, November 11th 2013 - 15:31 UTC

  Argentina pledges full access to secret minutes from the 1976/83 military dictatorship

  

  Argentina's Defense minister Agustín Rossi said that secret minutes dating back to the military dictatorship of 1976-83 will be available for the public to read and study, while admitting that he did not know why the documents had not been discovered previously.

• Monday, November 11th 2013 - 12:44 UTC

  Despite Forbes/ JP Morgan, Bachelet guarantees continuation of 'Chilean economic miracle'

  

  On the brink of Chile's presidential elections, 17 November, US business magazine Forbes has published an article warning voters that electing Michelle Bachelet of the Socialist Party (PS) would put an end to the Chilean “economic miracle.”

• Saturday, November 9th 2013 - 19:14 UTC

  On Monday Cristina Fernandez will know when she can resume duties and at what rhythm

  

  Following a new round of medical checkups at the Buenos Aires Fundación Favaloro clinic Friday evening, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez has been discharged from the inpatient phase regarding her neurological and neuro-surgery conditions, presidential spokesman Alfredo Scoccimarro announced Saturday morning.