Latin America

Wednesday, October 2nd 2013 - 08:22 UTC
Rousseff reminds Cartes that Paraguay belongs to Mercosur and is strategic for Brazil

Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff received her peer from Paraguay, Horacio Cartes with full head of state honours but at the same time reminded him that Paraguay is a full member of Mercosur and “bilateral relations are in the context of multilateral relations with all countries of the hemisphere”.
Wednesday, October 2nd 2013 - 07:25 UTC
Falklands Chilean residents celebrate National Day and strong links with Chile

Chilean residents of the Falkland Islands celebrated at Government House in Stanley their national day and the strong connections between the Islands and Chile.
Tuesday, October 1st 2013 - 06:46 UTC
Cristina Fernandez and Mujica in a prudent silence over the pulp mill controversy

Argentine President Cristina Fernández met on Monday with her Uruguayan counterpart José Mujica after the pair inaugurated a new vessel belonging to the ferry company Buquebús, (which joins Montevideo with Buenos Aires), in order to discuss matters related to the controversial UPM pulp plant formerly known as Botnia.
Tuesday, October 1st 2013 - 04:12 UTC
Has Brazil blown it, asks The Economist; Who bets against Brazil, always loses, replies Dilma

Last week Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff reopened her official twitter, closed since January 2011 when she was inaugurated, but now a year ahead of elections has reappeared with the character “Dilma Bolada”, full of music, colour and satire. “Sou Linda, sou diva, sou Presidenta, Sou Dilma” is the slogan of her Facebook with over half a million fans in just a few days
Tuesday, October 1st 2013 - 04:08 UTC
Argentine vote intention polls confirm challenger Massa chances for this month’s mid-term election

With less than a month for Argentina’s mid term elections the opposition to President Cristina Fernandez in the province of Buenos Aires, the largest and crucial electoral circuit clearly leads in public opinion polls and continues to advance over the primary results of August.
Monday, September 30th 2013 - 22:06 UTC
Barrick Gold Pascua-Lama project again running after court ruling

Chile's Supreme Court confirmed a freeze on Barrick Gold Corp's suspended Pascua-Lama gold mine but the Toronto-based miner escaped having the project's environmental permit revoked. The ruling dispels a significant uncertainty surrounding the controversial project, which now essentially has to complete a water management system issued by the environmental regulator to likely be re-activated.
Monday, September 30th 2013 - 19:31 UTC
Chile expects to harvest over 50.000 tons of walnuts, most for export in 2013/14

The walnut production in Chile has experienced a growth in the fiscal year 2013/2014, reports the German Agrarmarkt Informations-Gesellschaft (AMI) on its website. Not only the favourable weather conditions, but also the extension of the cultivation area in recent years has contributed to this.
Monday, September 30th 2013 - 19:11 UTC
Chilean military officers will be transferred to less luxurious jail despite suicide of an inmate

Former president and opposition candidate Michelle Bachelet, as well as Evelyn Matthei, candidate of the conservative ruling coalition for the coming 17 November elections coincided in describing the death of retired general Odlanier Mena Salinas who killed himself as ‘tragic’.
Monday, September 30th 2013 - 19:06 UTC
Outgoing Piñera announces a 2014 tight budget for the next government

The Chilean government plans to raise spending 3.9% next year, the second-smallest increase since 2003 and below the central bank’s forecast for economic growth in 2014. The budget will focus on employment, education, crime, poverty, children, pensioners and infrastructure, President Sebastian Piñera said in a televised address without giving details.
Monday, September 30th 2013 - 16:32 UTC
Paraguay’s Cartes in Brazil to discuss trade, security, cooperation and Mercosur

Paraguay president Horacio Cartes arrived Monday morning to Brazil for a round of talks with President Dilma Rousseff which includes political, economic, energy, trade and security issues, plus the full return of Paraguay to Mercosur, an intricate matter dating back to events of June 2012.