Latin America

• Saturday, January 28th 2012 - 10:02 UTC

  Mexico inaugurates Latam’s second supercomputer by size and speed

  

  Mexican scientists inaugurated Latin America's No. 2 supercomputer by size and speed, with the ability to process 24.9 trillion operations per second, authorities said.

• Friday, January 27th 2012 - 11:39 UTC

  Rousseff signals clear difference with Lula da Silva in coming visit to Cuba

  

  Brazil issued a tourist visa to a dissident Cuban blogger a few days before President Dilma Rousseff is scheduled to travel to the Castro family island in a visit being dominated by human rights concerns.

• Friday, January 27th 2012 - 11:05 UTC

  Moody’s raises Uruguay’s credit rating to Ba1, one level below investment grade

  

  Uruguay’s credit-rating outlook was raised on Thursday to positive by Moody’s Investors Service, which cited the government’s commitment to keeping its budget deficit in check.

• Thursday, January 26th 2012 - 05:28 UTC

  Fears UK economy might have entered a mild recession at the end of 2011

  

  Britain's economy may have entered a mild recession in the last three months of 2011, hampering the government's core policy aim of spurring growth and raising the chances that the Bank of England will inject more cash soon.

• Thursday, January 26th 2012 - 05:02 UTC

  As demands pile up, Venezuela requests to leave World Bank arbitration court

  

  Venezuela’s government officially requested this week to leave the World Bank’s arbitration court as demands pile up from abroad for compensation following a decade of nationalizations under President Hugo Chavez.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2012 - 21:32 UTC

  Chile the most globalized economy in Latin America, says Ernst & Young

  

  Chile has emerged as the most globalized economy in Latin America and moved up to 25th place in the world, according to global consulting firm Ernst & Young. Chile is among the countries to improve their position despite global economic uncertainty, the firm’s annual Globalization Index found.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2012 - 21:21 UTC

  Automatic registration in Chile incorporates 4.5 million new, mostly young voters

  

  With President Sebastián Piñera signature at a ceremony in the Presidential Palace, Chile joined a community of nations in which all eligible voters are automatically registered to vote.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2012 - 07:54 UTC

  IMF forecasts 2012 slower growth in Latam, but above the world average

  

  Latin American growth this year should stay under the 4% estimated previously at 3.6% since the region is susceptible to the slowing down of the world’s economy and increasing risks of the financial crisis on the Euro zone, according to the IMF World Economic Outlook released Tuesday.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2012 - 07:32 UTC

  Most Cuban trained doctors fail basic test to practice medicine in Chile

  

  Almost 80% of Chilean doctors with overseas degrees failed in 2011 the mandatory National medical knowledge Test, Eunacom, demanded to practice medicine in the country or have work opportunities at the government national health scheme.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2012 - 04:30 UTC

  Chavez is also father of an embarrassing teen-ager who angers Venezuelans

  

  President Hugo Chávez 14-year-old daughter, Rosines angered Venezuelans and embarrassed her father by posting a picture of her holding a handful of US dollars on the web.