Latin America

Wednesday, September 12th 2012 - 19:42 UTC
A comment on the anniversary of the Chilean coup

By Trent Boultinghouse - This week marked the 39th anniversary of the Chilean coup d’etat that ousted the constitutional president of Chile, Salvador Allende, from office and gave rise to the vicious dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet. Pinochet was known for his adherence as an unabashed apostle to a hard-lined laissez-faire free market economic policy that was widely seen as the impetus for Chile’s economic revival.
Wednesday, September 12th 2012 - 15:28 UTC
Falklands’ individual average annual income totals £ 20.100, shows Census

The individual average annual income of the Falkland Islands residents totals £ 20.100 (approx 32.000 US dollars) according to data from the latest 2012 Census, which also showed an exceptionally high economic activity rate and a very tight labour market with just 1% unemployment and 20% of residents with a second job.
Tuesday, September 11th 2012 - 05:58 UTC
Ex Argentine vice-president to head observers mission to Venezuela elections

Former Argentine Vice-president Carlos ‘Chacho’ Alvarez was chosen as head of the Electoral Observers mission that Unasur will be sending to Venezuela for the coming presidential elections on October 7.
Tuesday, September 11th 2012 - 05:55 UTC
Major blackout leaves half of Cuba, including Havana in the dark for hours

A failure in a main transmission line in central Cuba caused a blackout that cut electricity for hours to more than half the country on Sunday night, but now power has been mostly restored, the government said on Monday.
Monday, September 10th 2012 - 05:33 UTC
Mexican president says some Latam countries are losing the democracy battle

Democracy is in retreat in some Latinamerican countries warned the Mexican president Felipe Calderon in the Russian city of Vladivostok where he attended the APEC summit forum, (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation).
Monday, September 10th 2012 - 01:30 UTC
Mexican political turmoil: opposition leader Lopez Obrador decides to create his party

Mexican opposition leader Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who twice contested second-place losses in presidential elections, said he would leave his coalition, a move that threatens to create a rift among leftists in Congress.
Saturday, September 8th 2012 - 06:07 UTC
Red tape, bureaucracy and ideology limiting foreign investment in Cuba

Cuba's failure to encourage more foreign investment is crippling its economic performance and putting its goal of sustainable growth in danger unless changes are made, local experts and diplomats said this week.
Saturday, September 8th 2012 - 05:26 UTC
Bolivia will formally request Mercosur full membership in 2013

Bolivia will begin the coming year formal talks for full membership of Mercosur, for which it has the support from Uruguay, said diplomatic sources from both countries, Bolivian Deputy Foreign minister Juan Carlos Alurralde met with his Uruguayan counterpart Roberto Conde in the framework of the “Bolivia-Uruguay coordination and consultation mechanism” sixth meeting in La Paz.
Friday, September 7th 2012 - 06:09 UTC
Santos rejects FARC proposal for cease fire during talks to end the conflict

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos rejected a proposal on Thursday by FARC rebels for a bilateral ceasefire during talks next month aimed at bringing an end to half a century of war.
Friday, September 7th 2012 - 03:26 UTC
“Argentine blockade can’t stop the Falklands”, said Islands’ lawmakers in Guatemala

The Argentine blockade can’t stop the Falkland Islands and “if Argentina believes that these aggressions are going to change the mind and spirit of the Islanders, they are dead wrong, much on the contrary”, said Falklands’ lawmakers currently visiting Guatemala on a tour of Central America and Mexico.