Latin America

• Monday, January 16th 2012 - 18:30 UTC

  Chile with 50% hydro power by 2034, but serious energy shortages in 2015

  

  President Sebastián Piñera announced a 20-year plan for Chile’s energy needs at the annual energy dinner in front of the country’s top executives in the electricity sector. The president said the plan aims to create “a cleaner energy, that is safer, more economical and that agrees with the energy requirements of our country.”

• Monday, January 16th 2012 - 07:24 UTC

  New Guatemala president pledges ‘mano dura’ against crime and insecurity

  

  Retired army Gen. Otto Perez Molina was sworn in as Guatemala's president Saturday, pledging to take a tough stand on crime amid growing insecurity in the Central American nation.

• Monday, January 16th 2012 - 07:18 UTC

  Chile prepares for “crossed pressures” on the Falklands’ conflict 30th anniversary

  

  The Chilean Foreign Affairs ministry has been very busy doing a complete review of norms and of maritime traffic and international trade agreements in the event of what are considered growing pressures from Argentina to establish a sort of “regional blockade” against the Malvinas Islands, a UK Overseas Territory.

• Monday, January 16th 2012 - 03:56 UTC

  Chilean student leader launches book and considers entering formal politics

  

  The popular student leader and vice president of the University of Chile’s Student Federation (FECh), Camila Vallejo launched her new book “Podemos cambiar el mundo” or “We can change the world” at a central park in the capital Santiago de Chile on the second day of the centenary celebration of the Communist Party, Fiesta de los Abrazos.

• Sunday, January 15th 2012 - 09:32 UTC

  Ahmedinejad Visits Latin America, Washington Implores and Seethes

  

  At the best of times, the U.S. government is regarded as somewhat out of touch with what's happening in the American “heartland,” much less the world at large, so much so that the phrase “inside the Beltway” was coined to define the syndrome.

• Sunday, January 15th 2012 - 01:03 UTC

  Chavez pledges that if an opposition candidate wins, he will hand power

  

  Venezuela's Hugo Chávez said that if an opposition candidate wins this year's presidential election he will be the first to recognize the rival's victory and hand over power.

• Sunday, January 15th 2012 - 00:40 UTC

  New York ablaze with world music at the ninth annual globalFEST 2012

  

  World music was ablaze once again at the ninth annual globalFEST 2012. The sold out event at New York City’s Webster Hall showcased 12 musical acts from 5 continents on 3 stages.

• Saturday, January 14th 2012 - 06:28 UTC

  Piñera and Mujica committed to expand their countries Antarctic efforts

  

  Uruguayan president Jose Mujica and his host and peer Sebastián Piñera said they are committed to expand and intensify the presence of their countries in Antarctica which they described as a “continent of peace and of the future”.

• Saturday, January 14th 2012 - 06:16 UTC

  Bolivia ratifies complete support for Argentina’s Malvinas sovereignty claim

  

  Bolivian president Evo Morales said the Malvinas Islands are Argentine and gave full support to his peer Cristina Fernandez siding with Mercosur in the dispute with the UK over the South Atlantic Islands sovereignty and the latest decision to bar all Falklands flagged vessels from regional ports.

• Friday, January 13th 2012 - 21:13 UTC

  Several groups interested in taking over bankrupt American Airlines

  

  US Airways Group, Delta Airlines and private equity firm TPG Capital are among several parties interested in potential bids for AMR Corp, the bankrupt parent of American Airlines according to US financial media reports.