Latin America

Thursday, April 28th 2011 - 02:08 UTC
France’s Total makes mega find that could boost Bolivia’s gas reserves by a third

The French energy giant Total and its Argentine partner, Tecpetrol, announced the discovery of a major natural gas find in Aquio in southeast Bolivia.
Tuesday, April 26th 2011 - 23:50 UTC
Latam and Caribbean states create CELAC to counter US influence

Latin American and Caribbean Foreign Affairs ministers are meeting in Venezuela in anticipation of the presidential summit scheduled for July 5 in Caracas when a new regional integration organization is set to be born, the Community of Latin American and Caribbean states, CELAC.
Tuesday, April 26th 2011 - 16:50 UTC
Human rights situation in the US according to China and reported by Fidel

The Cuban revolution leader Fidel Castro in his latest ‘Reflections’ column “The brutal and turbulent North” writes about China’s report on human rights in the United States, which is basically a counter report on Washington’s annual document on the human rights situation in each of the world’s countries.
Tuesday, April 26th 2011 - 15:09 UTC
Peru’s Humala promises good relations with Chile, discards Venezuela’s ALBA

Peruvian presidential candidate Ollanta Humala said that in the event of winning the runoff against Keiko Fujimori he will strengthen relations with Brazil, Chile and the United States as well as with Unasur, and has no intentions of joining Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez inspired ALBA.
Tuesday, April 26th 2011 - 02:53 UTC
Colombia strikes new oil well; production in March averaging 884.000 bpd

Colombia’s state-run petroleum company Ecopetrol announced the results of testing from an oil well in the south of the country with initial findings showing production levels to average 92 barrels of oil a day reported the Bogotá press.
Tuesday, April 26th 2011 - 02:20 UTC
Pacific accord “no conflict” for Mercosur or Unasur, says Brazil

The pro-business block initiative that will be signed this week by Pacific countries leaders from Chile, Peru, Mexico and Colombia presents no potential conflict for Brazil or Mercosur said on Monday the Brazilian Foreign Affairs ministry.
Monday, April 25th 2011 - 07:45 UTC
Pro business Peru, Colombia, Chile and Mexico to sign Pacific Agreement

Peruvian president Alan Garcia will be hosting this week his peers from Colombia, Chile and Mexico to subscribe the so-called Pacific (Ocean) Agreement with the purpose of integrating the four countries economies.
Monday, April 25th 2011 - 06:59 UTC
Chavez, with eyes on his 2012 re-election bid, hikes oil windfall tax

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez hiked an oil windfall tax in a move that raises government income ahead of the 2012 presidential election, but puts a heavy load on oil companies.
Monday, April 25th 2011 - 06:38 UTC
Santiago, Lima and Monterrey, top three Latin American cities of the future

New York City followed by Chicago and Houston rank top in the first ever 'American Cities of the Future' ranking compiled by fDi Magazine, belonging to the Financial Times group. Santiago de Chile, Lima (Peru) and Monterrey (Mexico) snatched the top three positions in the Latin America city ranking.
Monday, April 25th 2011 - 06:28 UTC
Mexico antitrust commission slaps 1 billion USD fine on mobile phone operator

Mexico's antitrust commission confirmed Sunday that it has fined the country's biggest mobile phone operator over 1 billion US dollars on grounds that it used its market weight and interconnection fees to displace competitors.