Latin America

Friday, September 14th 2012 - 00:51 UTC
Brazilian extends tax breaks to two dozen industries to stimulate economy

Brazil rolled out additional stimulus measures to bolster its sluggish economy on Thursday, extending tax breaks to more than two dozen industries and reducing the cost of acquiring capital goods in a bid to help struggling local businesses.
Friday, September 14th 2012 - 00:48 UTC
Half a million dollars reward for information regarding fate of Raoul Wallenberg

The International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation is increasing to 500.000 dollars the reward it is offering to any person or entity who can provide solid and provable information on the whereabouts of Wallenberg and his chauffeur, Vilmos Langfelder, Baruch Tenembaum and Eduardo Eurnekian, Founder and Chairman of the Foundation, announced last week.
Thursday, September 13th 2012 - 18:42 UTC
Fed announces further financial stimuli for the US economy to help employment

The US central bank announced on Thursday it will resume its policy of pumping more money into the economy via so-called quantitative easing which consists of buying “additional agency mortgage-backed securities at a pace of 40 billion dollars per month”.
Thursday, September 13th 2012 - 16:01 UTC
Six ambassadors present credentials in Uruguay, including UK, Germany and Chile

Six ambassadors presented their credentials to Uruguayan president Jose Mujica during a ceremony held at the Executive Tower on Tuesday. The first to meet President Mujica was UK ambassador Ben Lyster-Binns.
Thursday, September 13th 2012 - 06:22 UTC
Political violence in Venezuela escalates as Election Day, October 7, gets closer

Supporters of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez sporting the bright red that symbolizes his populist movement clashed Wednesday with backers of the opposition candidate in next month's presidential election. . Each side essentially blamed the other for the violence.
Thursday, September 13th 2012 - 06:20 UTC
UN recommends Colombian peace-process takes into account victims of ongoing conflict

The peace process opened in Colombia between the government and the guerrilla FARC must not contemplate “pardons or amnesties” and must take into account the civilian victims of the ongoing internal war, said on Wednesday Todd Howland special envoy of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay.
Thursday, September 13th 2012 - 06:17 UTC
UN calls on Chavez not to withdraw from Americas’ Human rights convention

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay strongly urged Venezuela to reconsider its decision to withdraw from the American Convention on Human Rights, warning that it could be a serious setback for human rights protection in Venezuela and the region as a whole.
Thursday, September 13th 2012 - 06:12 UTC
Ecuador and UK to retake Assange case during the coming UN General Assembly

Ecuador and UK will resume talks on Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks, during the coming session period of the UN General Assembly, said Ecuadorean Vice-president Lenin Moreno who anticipated a solution in accordance with “sovereignty and the law”.
Thursday, September 13th 2012 - 01:53 UTC
Chile can’t forget Pinochet’s coup: a Carabinero killed, hundreds of protestors injured and arrested

A Carabinero was shot dead, scores of people were injured and 255 others arrested in violent protests marking the 39th anniversary of the military coup that toppled Chilean elected Socialist president Salvador Allende in 1973, reported the Ministry of Interior on Wednesday.
Thursday, September 13th 2012 - 01:51 UTC
Allende shot himself as Pinochet troops stormed the palace, confirms Chilean court

A Chilean court has confirmed that President Salvador Allende killed himself in 1973 as troops attacked the presidential palace to oust him. Official reports, accepted by his family, concluded that his death was suicide but his body was exhumed in 2011 to settle lingering doubts.