Latin America

• Monday, October 17th 2011 - 06:56 UTC

  Primary ballot results indicate Bolivians have turned their backs on Morales

  

  Most Bolivians who voted in Sunday's election to choose the country's top judges cast invalid ballots in what would be a stinging rebuke for President Evo Morales, according to unofficial partial results.

• Monday, October 17th 2011 - 06:51 UTC

  Venezuela’s Chavez returns to Cuba for ‘fourth and final’ cancer treatment

  

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returned to Cuba on Sunday to undergo a series of medical tests to evaluate his cancer treatment. Chavez, who finished what he described as his fourth and final round of chemotherapy in Cuba last month, said he will be undergoing what he described as “rigorous examinations”.

• Monday, October 17th 2011 - 03:57 UTC

  Volcanic ash forces flights’ suspension at Argentina and Uruguay main airports

  

  Argentina and Uruguay suspended flights at major airports Sunday due to dangerous ash from neighbouring Chile's Puyehue volcano, which has disrupted global travel since it erupted earlier this year.

• Saturday, October 15th 2011 - 18:38 UTC

  Leading Cuban dissident and founder of Ladies in White dies

  

  Laura Pollán, one of the founders of the Cuban dissident group Ladies in White, has died in a Havana hospital at the age of 63, fellow dissidents on Friday.

• Friday, October 14th 2011 - 08:03 UTC

  Argos raises prospective resource by 182% to 2.1 billion barrels of oil

  

  Argos Resources Limited (AIM: ARG.L), the Falkland Islands based exploration company focused on the North Falkland Basin, is pleased to issue a new Competent Persons Report (“CPR”) prepared by Senergy (GB) Ltd (“Senergy”).

• Friday, October 14th 2011 - 04:08 UTC

  The 33 Chilean rescued miners: from glory to the gray everyday life

  

  On October 13, 2010, the 33 trapped Chilean miners looked upon the blazing sunshine of the Atacama Desert for the first time in over two months. It was remarkable they had survived at all, but their successful rescue after so long underground was positively incredible.

• Friday, October 14th 2011 - 03:12 UTC

  Uruguay forecasted to expand 5.5% this year and 4.5% in 2012

  

  The Uruguayan economy is forecasted to expand 5.5% this year generating 40.000 new jobs, and 4.5% in 2012, according to “Prospects and Tendencies” announced Thursday by the Economy Institute from the Economics Faculty.

• Thursday, October 13th 2011 - 07:50 UTC

  Colombian president praises US congress for ratifying free trade agreement

  

  President Juan Manuel Santos praised US Congress ratification of a long-stalled free trade agreement with the United States and said it was a historic day for Colombian business and workers.

• Thursday, October 13th 2011 - 07:44 UTC

  Blackberry problems spread to the US and main users in South America

  

  Problems with the Blackberry smart-phone system appear to have spread to the United States and several South American countries. Users began to report loss of services on Wednesday, with many turning to Twitter to complain about their lack of email.

• Thursday, October 13th 2011 - 06:00 UTC

  US Congress approves free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and S Korea

  

  The United States Congress voted Wednesday on a bipartisan basis to pass long delayed free-trade bills with Colombia, Panama and South Korea.