Latin America

Thursday, October 31st 2013 - 20:29 UTC
Washington pledges not to spy on UN communications system

The United Nations said that the United States has pledged not to spy on the world body's communications after a report that the National Security Agency had gained access to the UN video conferencing system.
Thursday, October 31st 2013 - 19:30 UTC
Chinese navy vessels call in Buenos Aires for the first time part of a South American tour

Vessels from China's Popular Liberation Navy docked for the first time in Buenos Aires in the framework of a South American tour that includes Chile and Brazil. The lead ship is destroyer Lanzhou with missile capability, the frigate Liuzhou and the support vessel Boyanghou, all active with the China's South Sea Fleet.
Thursday, October 31st 2013 - 18:39 UTC
A Pope, two presidents, a businessman and a drug baron, the Latin-Americans that made it to Forbes list

Pope Francis ranks as the fourth most powerful person in the world and the most powerful Latin-American, according to Forbes’ annual Most Powerful in the World List which this year had Russian President Vladimir Putin ranked number one ahead of President Barack Obama and the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Xi Jinping, number three.
Thursday, October 31st 2013 - 17:52 UTC
Brazilian government trying to establish dialogue with anarchist group “Black Bloc”

The Brazilian government is trying to establish a dialogue with the anarchist group identifies as “Black Bloc” which has been made responsible by the police for the outbreak of violence and vandalism in the ongoing protests in the country, said the Executive Office Secretary General Gilberto Carvalho.
Thursday, October 31st 2013 - 15:31 UTC
Brazil commemorates 25 years of the post-dictatorship constitution

Four former Brazilian presidents Jose Sarney, Fernando Color de Mello, Fernando Henrique Cardoso and Lula da Silva were honored at a ceremony in the Senate to commemorate the 25 years of the 1988 constitution.
Thursday, October 31st 2013 - 03:49 UTC
Greater ports congestion forecasted in Brazil with record soy crop and delayed sugar shipments

Brazil’s delays loading soybeans for export may worsen in 2014 due to a bigger crop and as some grain facilities are used for sugar shipments, crop analyst Soybean & Corn Advisor Inc. said.
Wednesday, October 30th 2013 - 22:13 UTC
With help from her rival, Chile's Bachelet poised to win presidential election in the first round

Former president Michelle Bachelet holds a huge lead in Chile’s presidential election this year and may attract enough support to win outright in the first round, a key poll showed this week. An estimated 47% of Chileans surveyed by pollster CEP said they would vote for Bachelet if the election were held this Sunday, while 14% backed right-wing candidate Evelyn Matthei and 10% supported independent economist Franco Parisi.
Wednesday, October 30th 2013 - 21:45 UTC
Latam and Caribbean weather global slowdown: unemployment forecasted to end this year at 6.3%

Latin American and the Caribbean are forecasted to end 2013 with an urban unemployment rate of between 6.2% and 6.3%, slightly lower than 6.4% recorded in 2012, according to the latest estimates from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the International Labor Organization (ILO).
Wednesday, October 30th 2013 - 21:26 UTC
Cartes and Rousseff confirm Mercosur with inauguration of 500 KW power plant and transmission line

Paraguayan president Horacio Cartes and his peer from Brazil Dilma Rousseff inaugurated on Tuesday a 500KW power plant and line from the Itaipú hydroelectric dam to the city of Asunción which should help end endemic blackouts and supply a new industrial park.
Wednesday, October 30th 2013 - 07:45 UTC
Clarin loses constitutional battle, but Argentine government ordered to treat all media equally

The Argentine Supreme Court on Tuesday after four years of litigation finally declared the constitutionality of the Broadcast Media Law, effective immediately, and which forces the powerful Clarin media consortium to comply with the antimonopoly legislation and sell off many of its operating licenses.