Latin America

• Wednesday, February 8th 2012 - 05:57 UTC

  Deadly bacteria that resist antibiotics found in Antarctica seawater

  

  Bacteria that can resist nearly all antibiotics have been found in Antarctic seawater, reports the New Scientist.

• Wednesday, February 8th 2012 - 04:21 UTC

  Lawmaker says Chile should keep distance from the Malvinas issue

  

  Lawmaker Ivan Moreira from the ruling coalition junior partner UDI said that Chile should not get involved in the Falklands/Malvinas issue which has to be addressed between Argentina and the UK, and recalled that Chile has its own problem with the coming International Court of Justice dispute with neighbouring Peru.

• Tuesday, February 7th 2012 - 16:51 UTC

  Only the Falklands can determine its political future “not London, not Buenos Aires”

  

  “We are well aware that Chile has a different position to us regarding the Falklands and this we understand, but it must be the Islanders who determine their political future, not London, not Buenos Aires or third countries”, said UK ambassador in Chile Jon Benjamin in an interview with the Chilean media.

• Tuesday, February 7th 2012 - 00:03 UTC

  Malvinas dispute anticipates visits of Cristina Fernandez and Hague to Chile

  

  British Foreign Secretary William Hague and Argentine president Cristina Fernandez are expected to visit Chile in the near future as pressure mounts on the conservative government of President Sebastian Piñera because of the ongoing UK/Argentina diplomatic dispute over the Faklands/Malvinas issue.

• Monday, February 6th 2012 - 22:08 UTC

  Surinam and Santa Lucia apply to join President Chavez ALBA group

  

  Surinam and the Caribbean island of Santa Lucia are in the process of becoming full members of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Peoples of America, ALBA group, while Haiti has been nominated “standing invited member”.

• Monday, February 6th 2012 - 18:45 UTC

  Chile supports Malvinas claim but underlines ‘special relation’ with the UK

  

  “Chile’s support to Argentina’s claim over the Malvinas Islands is a state policy for our country” said Chilean Executive secretary Andres Chadwick, but it does not mean any impediment to that “very special relation we have with the UK”.

• Monday, February 6th 2012 - 10:44 UTC

  Top US official for Latinamerica scheduled to visit Peru and Argentina

  

  US Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta S. Jacobson travels this week to Peru and Argentina to meet with government, business, and civil society members in these key regional partners.

• Monday, February 6th 2012 - 07:10 UTC

  Fidel Castro presents two-volume memoirs and cautions about limits to Socialism

  

  Former Cuban President Fidel Castro presented a two-volume memoir at a public ceremony in Havana, where he referred to the mistake of believing that with socialism all economic problems are solved, official media said Saturday.

• Monday, February 6th 2012 - 07:03 UTC

  Caribbean states join Mercosur in barring Falklands’ flagged vessels from their ports

  

  Several Caribbean states and Nicaragua announced this weakened they will bar from their ports any vessel flying the Malvinas flag, according to a release from the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

• Monday, February 6th 2012 - 06:55 UTC

  Chavez lavish celebration of aborted coup with troops hailing the “Socialist fatherland’

  

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez mounted a lavish celebration to mark the 20th anniversary of the failed coup that helped launch his political career, as opposition leaders slammed the event as a blemish on the country's democracy.