Latin America

• Friday, August 9th 2013 - 07:49 UTC

  British Army Officer School counter insurgency operations course in Chile

  

  Academics from the British Army Officer School, Sandhurst, presented a course in Counter Insurgency Operations in Santiago to members of the Chilean military, special forces and intelligence, reports the Foreign Office.

• Friday, August 9th 2013 - 04:54 UTC

  Protests and pot banging against Cristina Fernandez administration in Buenos Aires

  

  Protesters gathered around Buenos Aires obelisk and other neighbourhoods of Buenos Aires City to participate in a new protest against the administration of Argentine president Cristina Fernández, forty eight hours ahead of primary elections.

• Friday, August 9th 2013 - 04:51 UTC

  Piñera apologizes to the Chilean people for the flawed 2012 census

  

  President Sebastian Piñera asked Chileans to forgive him for a 2012 census that a review panel found to be so flawed it should be thrown out, a political embarrassment for his government months before a general election.

• Friday, August 9th 2013 - 04:41 UTC

  Santos warns FARC if peace talks collapse they will end in “the grave or in prison”

  

  Colombia's FARC rebel leaders negotiating peace with the government must return to the jungle and end their days on the battlefield or in prison if talks under way in Cuba collapse, warned President Juan Manuel Santos.

• Friday, August 9th 2013 - 04:35 UTC

  US asks for ‘credible’ investigation into the death of Cuban dissidents

  

  The new U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, asked Cuban authorities to launch a “credible” investigation into the death of dissident Oswaldo Paya, diplomats said on Wednesday.

• Friday, August 9th 2013 - 04:30 UTC

  Confederations Cup boosted international tourist income in Brazil to record levels

  

  The recent Confederations Cup football tournament helped boost international tourist income to Brazil to record levels in the first half of the year, according to the latest stats from the Brazilian Tourist Board, Embratur.

• Friday, August 9th 2013 - 04:23 UTC

  Paraguay meat industry exports recovering and could reach 1.5bn dollars this year

  

  Paraguay meat industry exports in the first seven months of the year reached 839 million dollars, which is 45% higher than the same period a year ago (577m) according to official data from the National Livestock quality and health services, Senacsa.

• Thursday, August 8th 2013 - 13:52 UTC

  Uruguay concludes successfully the issue of a new 2024 global bond

  

  Uruguay sold 2 billion in a new 2024 global bond at a yield of 4.521% as a part of a debt liability operation that includes a debt swap, the government said on Wednesday.

• Thursday, August 8th 2013 - 03:33 UTC

  Wonders of marihuana: sigh of relief as Vazquez confirms his presidential candidacy

  

  Uruguayan former president Tabare Vazquez confirmed on Wednesday he will run for the presidency next year, following a meeting with representatives from the groups which constitute the voting majority of the ruling Broad Front catch-all coalition.

• Wednesday, August 7th 2013 - 17:45 UTC

  Brazil farmers ask until when will ideology prevail over economics and trade in Mercosur

  

  “Until when will we allow ideology to prevail over economics, markets, competitiveness grounding the great vessel of Brazilian trade in the port of little regional pretensions”, asks Katia Abreu in a column published in Folha de Sao Paulo openly criticizing the administration of Dilma Rousseff for its Mercosur policy and the results of the recent Montevideo summit.