Latin America

• Tuesday, November 22nd 2011 - 03:54 UTC

  Peruvian president at China trade forum: “we sell oranges and they send us marmalade”

  

  Peruvian President Ollanta Humala emphasized on Monday the importance of trade and investment relations with China, both for Peru and the region during the opening in Lima of the two-day 5th China-Latin America Business Summit

• Tuesday, November 22nd 2011 - 02:53 UTC

  Chile: Driving test for a licence ends with the vehicle in several metres deep water

  

  A simple test to obtain a driver’s licence ended with the hopeful lady and her instructor in several metres deep water when the vehicle plunged from a fishermen’s wharf in the Chilean city of Antofagasta.

• Tuesday, November 22nd 2011 - 01:09 UTC

  UK hosts President Santos and wants a new and progressive partnership with Colombia

  

  President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia began on Monday a two day visit to London. During his visit the Colombian leader will meet the Queen, Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary and other senior Ministers to discuss how the UK and Colombia can strengthen their bilateral ties.

• Monday, November 21st 2011 - 07:50 UTC

  Unasur leaders to meet next month in Venezuela to decide on 2012 agenda

  

  The Unasur (Union of South American Nations) twelve presidents will define “lines of action” for 2012 during a meeting on the sides of the Latin American and Caribbean States Community, Celac, summit scheduled for December 2 and 3 in Venezuela.

• Monday, November 21st 2011 - 07:47 UTC

  Mujica says Brazil supports Uruguay in the fiscal haven controversy with G20

  

  President Jose Mujica said on Sunday that his peer from Brazil Dilma Rousseff will make a strong declaration in support of Uruguay when the next G20 summit to counter French President Nicholas Sarkozy recent statements in Cannes describing one of Mercosur junior members as a “fiscal haven”

• Monday, November 21st 2011 - 07:19 UTC

  Major clash in Chile between state copper company and Anglo-American

  

  Anglo American is jeopardizing its future in Chile by trying to prevent state-owned copper giant Corporacion Nacional del Cobre, Codelco from acquiring a 49% stake in its AAS subsidiary, warned Codelco’s CEO.

• Monday, November 21st 2011 - 07:16 UTC

  Ecuador says it is breaking oil daily production record

  

  State-owned oil company Petroecuador said it broke its daily production record on Tuesday 15 November, pumping 156.359 barrels of crude on that day. Production from Jan. 1 to Nov. 8 totalled 47,096,086 barrels of crude, Petroecuador said in a report.

• Monday, November 21st 2011 - 03:52 UTC

  Chile opens ferry line linking Punta Arenas with Puerto Williams

  

  The new ferry that links extreme south ports of Chile was officially presented in Puerto Williams and is already fully operational ahead of the summer season.

• Saturday, November 19th 2011 - 06:09 UTC

  Argentina sponsors a free movement of peoples’ area in Magallanes and Tierra del Fuego

  

  Argentina announced its full support to make the tip of the South American continent ‘a free movement of peoples’ area’ that would include Chile’s Magallanes region in the extreme south of the country and Tierra del Fuego, shared by the neighbouring countries.

• Friday, November 18th 2011 - 22:04 UTC

  Latam Tourism ministers gather in northeast Brazil for a forum on development

  

  The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the government of Ceará, Brazil, will bring together international and national experts to debate the impact of tourism on development, social inclusion, and regional integration in the Americas.