Latin America

• Sunday, March 27th 2011 - 05:18 UTC

  Colombia and Peru closer to implementing the free trade agreement with the EU

  

  Negotiators from the European Union, Colombia and Peru have signed the final texts on an association agreement with a free trade chapter designed to increase commerce between the Andean countries and the European bloc, it was reported Friday.

• Sunday, March 27th 2011 - 04:47 UTC

  Honduras closer to normalization allows return of former president Zelaya

  

  Former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya says he won't return to Honduras for fear of being killed. Zelaya says he is in danger because “there are people who want to liquidate me and are still alive, and they have great power.”

• Sunday, March 27th 2011 - 04:37 UTC

  President Obama’s weak message to Latin America

  

  On Thursday March 24 The Washington Post published a rather critical editorial on President Barack Obama recent visit to Brazil, Chile and El Salvador.

• Saturday, March 26th 2011 - 08:13 UTC

  Deaths and thousands infected with dengue in Paraguay and Bolivia

  

  The dengue disease transmitted by the ”Aedes aegypti” mosquito is again on the attack in most South American countries with Paraguay reporting 18 deaths and Bolivia, 20 and thousands infected so far this year.

• Saturday, March 26th 2011 - 08:10 UTC

  AH1N1 swine flu cases climb to 202, report Venezuelan health officials

  

  Venezuelan health officials say the number of confirmed AH1N1 swine flu cases in the country has risen to more than 200 people. Health Minister Eugenia Sader says 23 new cases have been diagnosed, raising the nationwide total to 202.

• Saturday, March 26th 2011 - 08:06 UTC

  Chile further opens its market to US beef and beef products

  

  United States Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and US Trade Representative Ron Kirk announced this week that US producers are now eligible to ship a larger array of US beef and beef products to Chile.

• Saturday, March 26th 2011 - 08:03 UTC

  Canada export development agency helps boost trade with Latin America by 40%

  

  Canada’s Export Development agency, (EDC) announced a 40% increase in its Latin American business volumes in 2010, reaching a record 10 billion Canadian dollars.

• Thursday, March 24th 2011 - 20:14 UTC

  Bolivia considering international court to claim coastline lost to Chile

  

  Bolivia is prepared to take Chile to the International court of The Hague over its claim to a section of Pacific coast that it lost in a war more than 130 years ago, Bolivian President Evo Morales said Wednesday.

• Thursday, March 24th 2011 - 18:32 UTC

  Colombian military began using US supplied drones in 2006

  

  The Colombian military began using US supplied drones for counter-terrorism and narcotics operations in 2006, U.S. documents released by WikiLeaks indicate.

• Thursday, March 24th 2011 - 18:16 UTC

  Last of released Cuban ‘Group of 75’ prisoners pledge to continue political rights campaign

  

  Cuba’s last prisoners from among the “Group of 75” dissidents rounded up and jailed by the Castro brothers’ regime in March 2003 were freed Wednesday.