Latin America

• Thursday, October 18th 2012 - 07:29 UTC

  Mercosur conflict still alive: Venezuela expels Paraguayan diplomats

  

  Venezuela's government decided to expel Paraguay's remaining diplomats from the country, the top envoy at the Paraguayan Embassy said on Wednesday. Charge d'affaires Victor Casartelli said that he and three other Paraguayan diplomats in Caracas were told by Venezuela's Foreign Ministry to leave within three days.

• Thursday, October 18th 2012 - 07:10 UTC

  Ecuadorian court orders seizure of 200m dollars in Chevron oil assets

  

  As part of an ongoing lawsuit between US Chevron oil and plaintiffs from various Amazonian villages, an Ecuadorian court has ordered the seizure of approximately 200 million dollars worth of the company's assets.

• Thursday, October 18th 2012 - 07:02 UTC

  Chilean far right push for extradition of Senator murder protected by Argentina

  

  The Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (IACHR) began proceedings this week concerning Argentina’s refusal to extradite Galvarino Apablaza for the 1991 murder of emblematic conservative Senator Jaime Guzmán.

• Thursday, October 18th 2012 - 00:36 UTC

  Uruguay passes bill that decriminalizes abortion under certain circumstances

  

  Uruguay's Congress voted narrowly to decriminalize abortion under certain circumstances, mainly during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. The Senate voted 17 to 14 in favour of the controversial bill, which was passed by the lower house last month after 14 hours of debate. President Jose Mujica said he would sign the bill into law.

• Wednesday, October 17th 2012 - 20:48 UTC

  Mexican president-elect and PM Cameron pledge to double bilateral trade by 2015

  

  Mexican President-elect Enrique Peña Nieto called in London this week for expanded “cooperation and trade” between his country and Britain based on their shared vision of “free trade”.

• Wednesday, October 17th 2012 - 20:34 UTC

  Brazil’s slowdown impacts on neighbouring Argentina and Uruguay says Fitch

  

  Brazil's deeper-than-expected economic slowdown is amplifying the deceleration already being experienced by Argentina and Uruguay as a result of the global slowdown, according to a new Fitch Ratings report.

• Wednesday, October 17th 2012 - 17:00 UTC

  Argentina/Chile working on tunnel under the Andes linking the Atlantic and Pacific

  

  By 2022 if all works out as planned the Aconcagua Bi-Oceanic corridor should link the Atlantic with the Pacific coast of South America facilitating trade and business opportunities.

• Wednesday, October 17th 2012 - 15:16 UTC

  Is Brazil the reservoir of future agriculture productive capacity?

  

  The following piece was published by Dorvers, CattleNnetwork and refers to the agriculture potential of Latinamerica and Mercosur largest economy. The column sources are Daryll E. Ray and Harwood D. Schaffer, Agricultural Policy Analysis Center, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.

• Wednesday, October 17th 2012 - 05:31 UTC

  Investors are falling in love with Mexico while Brazil loses its ‘darling’ status

  

  The following article was published by Canada’s The Globe and Mail and gives an insight to investors thinking from the north regarding Latinamerica’s two largest economies, Brazil and Mexico.

• Wednesday, October 17th 2012 - 05:26 UTC

  The “State is back” in Latinamerica to lessen inequalities, says top UN official

  

  The ‘State is back’ in Latinamerica and will help establish social policies, diminish inequality and increase inclusion said the regional director of the UN Development Program, Herlado Muñoz during a seminar in Mexico City on “Youth participation and democratic governance in Latin America and the Caribbean”.