Latin America

Friday, August 24th 2012 - 00:54 UTC
Thousands of Chilean students march demanding education reform

Thousands of young Chileans marched peacefully on Thursday in different cities demanding education reform and equal conditions and rights for all young Chileans, amid a heightened police presence.
Thursday, August 23rd 2012 - 20:39 UTC
Company confirms abundant gas condensate in south Falklands and prepares new drilling program

Shares in Borders and Southern soared almost 20% on Thursday as the company revealed positive findings from the analysis of condensate fluids from its Darwin discovery well in the south of the Falkland Islands where it plans to continue appraisal drilling in 2014.
Thursday, August 23rd 2012 - 06:14 UTC
Chile’s 2013 budget based on 5% growth and copper at 3.06 dollars the pound

Chile is planning a 2013 budget with a tendency growth of 5% and an average long term basic copper price of 3.06 dollars the pound revealed finance minister Felipe Larraín together with Rosanna Costa, head of the Budget Office during a presentation before Congress.
Thursday, August 23rd 2012 - 01:59 UTC
OAS to dispatch mission to accompany and observe Paraguay’s political process

The Organization of American States (OAS) agreed on Wednesday to dispatch of a mission to Paraguay to accompany and observe the electoral process in the country that will conclude with the general elections of April 21, 2013.
Thursday, August 23rd 2012 - 01:52 UTC
“We need to prepare for war to live in peace”, says Paraguayan Defence minister

“We must prepare for war to live in peace” said Paraguay’s Defence minister Maria Liz Garcia in reference to the new geopolitical situation following the suspension of Paraguay as a member of Mercosur and Unasur.
Thursday, August 23rd 2012 - 01:20 UTC
Carter Centre absent as observer from Venezuelan October presidential election

The Atlanta based Carter Centre said this week that it declined an invitation from Venezuela's National Electoral Council to have a team at the country's Oct. 7 presidential election. The Centre said it received the invitation too late ”to evaluate it and organize the necessary experts and financing”.
Thursday, August 23rd 2012 - 00:58 UTC
Chavez pledges 130bn investment to boost oil production to 6 million bpd by 2019

Some 130 billion dollars will be invested in Venezuela's Orinoco Oil Belt between 2013 and 2019 to boost national production from 3 million barrels per day to 6 million bpd, President Hugo Chavez announced on Tuesday evening.
Thursday, August 23rd 2012 - 00:50 UTC
Where’s the cheapest to ‘fill her up’? Venezuela: 12.8 US cents a liter of petrol

Venezuela, the latest entry as full member of Mercosur has the cheapest petrol price in the world, 8 pennies per liter, (1 £ trading at 1.59 dollars on 22 August) according to the latest report from UK website, “This is money”, based on a research from Evans Halshaw.
Wednesday, August 22nd 2012 - 05:44 UTC
Double standards in Ecuador: Correa ready to extradite Belarus who faces death threat

Less than a year ago an Ecuadorean judge denied a request to extradite Aliaksandr Barankov to Belarus, the former Soviet bloc nation whose president has been nicknamed “Europe's last dictator”, reports the US and European media.
Wednesday, August 22nd 2012 - 05:24 UTC
UN: Latam 20% richest earn on average 20 times more than the 20% poorest

The gap is widening between the rich and poor in much of Latin America which is the world’s most economically unequal and its most urbanized region, the UN said Tuesday. The richest 20% of the population now earn on average nearly 20 times more than the 20% poorest, a study by the UN Human Settlements Program (UN-HABITAT) found.