Latin America

Friday, January 4th 2013 - 23:23 UTC
Pure adrenaline: world’s most extreme 15-day competition takes off in Lima

Competitors are putting the final touches to their motorcycles, quad bikes, cars and trucks ahead of the start of one of the world’s most extreme races. The Dakar Rally returns once again to South America, beginning in Lima, capital of Peru on Saturday January 5, before making its way to Santiago de Chile for a grand finale outside La Moneda on January 20.
Friday, January 4th 2013 - 22:15 UTC
EU expects to advance trade talks with Mercosur late this month in Chile

The European Union expects to advance cooperation and trade discussions with Mercosur late this month in Chile in the sidelines of the EU/Celac (Community of Latin American and Caribbean States), said EU ambassador in Chile, Rafael Dochao Moreno.
Thursday, January 3rd 2013 - 21:40 UTC
Swiss organization says 141 journalists were killed in 2012

A record number of journalists, 141 in 29 different countries, were killed globally in 2012, according to data of the Swiss-based Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), which fights for the protection of journalists. At least 28 of them were killed in Latinamerica.
Thursday, January 3rd 2013 - 21:34 UTC
German Bolivarian ideologue anticipates ‘dual succession’ in Venezuela

German sociologist Heinz Dietrich considered one of the ideologues of “XXI century Socialism” which was adopted by the Bolivarian movement, said in an interview with the Brazilian newspaper O Estado de Sao Paulo that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is not returning to office
Thursday, January 3rd 2013 - 20:24 UTC
Opinion polls anticipate a windfall re-election vote for Correa in Ecuador

President Rafael Correa has 60.6% of vote intention ahead of the February Executive and Legislative elections, which virtually ensures his re-election. He is followed by runner up and banker Guillermo Lasso with only 11.2% according to the latest public opinion poll release from Perfiles de Opinion.
Thursday, January 3rd 2013 - 20:18 UTC
Unprecedented: Ecuador’s Correa on a month’s leave to campaign for re-election

Ecuador's Congress voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to grant President Rafael Correa a month-long leave of absence while he campaigns to be the first Ecuadorean leader in more than a century to hold the presidency for more than a single term.
Thursday, January 3rd 2013 - 17:57 UTC
Argentina “again ignores the rights and wishes of the Falkland Islands people”

The Falkland Islands are an British Overseas Territory by choice, entirely self-governing except for defence and foreign affairs and have been settled for at least nine generations, well before Argentina even claimed what is today Tierra del Fuego, points out the Falklands’ elected government in a release-reply to the open letter from Argentine President Cristina Fernandez published on Thursday in the British press.
Thursday, January 3rd 2013 - 06:16 UTC
Chile becomes the sixth country to ban Brazilian beef because of atypical BSE

Chile joined five other countries that have banned imports of Brazilian beef, since a case of atypical mad cow disease was confirmed last month, Brazil's foreign trade secretary Tatiana Prazeres said on Wednesday.
Thursday, January 3rd 2013 - 00:40 UTC
Uruguayan president believes Argentine economy “can’t remain closed much longer”

President Jose Mujica anticipated that the Argentine economy can’t remain ‘closed for much more time’ (protectionist) and forecasted that 2013 will be a ‘clear year’ for Uruguay regarding economic issues.
Thursday, January 3rd 2013 - 00:03 UTC
Inter-American convention against corruption analyzes six countries

The Organization of American States (OAS) has begun the process of analyzing a new group of countries - Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, Panama, Uruguay, and Venezuela - as part of the Fourth Round of the Mechanism for Follow-Up on the Implementation of the Inter-American Convention against Corruption (MESICIC) of the OAS.