Agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean has had a dynamic development growth during this decade but it has not been sufficient to reduce rural poverty in the region according to a report from FAO and the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Cepal.
Google Maps error is being blamed for Nicaraguan troops accidentally invading Costa Rica last week. The troops have been accused of crossing the hotly disputed Nicaragua border into Costa Rica in Central America and setting up camp for the night after taking down a Costa Rican flag and raising the Nicaraguan flag.
In the framework of the close relations between Chile and China, the commander of the Chinese Navy, Admiral Wu Shengli was scheduled to arrive Sunday in Santiago for an official several days visit, according to a release from the Chilean Navy.
The Chilean air force plane carrying President Sebastian Piñera and his Ecuadorian counterpart, Rafael Correa, to Antarctica was forced to return to Punta Arenas, extreme south of Chile, after the pilots found it impossible to land due to bad weather, officials said.
Chilean president Sebastian Piñera said that Mercosur privileged integration among its members but forgot about integration with the rest of the world.
As criticism continues over plans to build five hydroelectric dams in the Aysén Region (XI) in Chilean Patagonia, international groups have been a constant presence in the fight against the HidroAysen project.
A protest to demand the wages of more than 300 employees at the San José mine took place Friday morning in Copiapó northern Chile.
US citizen Lori Berenson who is serving a 20- year prison sentence in Peru for aiding Marxist rebels, was granted parole for a second time. Berenson is entitled to parole as she has served more than three quarters of her 20-year sentence for helping plan an attack on Peru’s Congress, Judge Jessica Leon ruled.
Colombia approved Friday the integration of the Colombian stock exchange with those of Chile and Peru opening the way for the start of joint operations next November 22.
Colombia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay have still to ratify the founding charter and constitution of the Union of South American Nations, Unasur, which needs an additional vote to become legally effective.