Latin America

• Saturday, October 16th 2010 - 00:13 UTC

  Chilean food exporters request government support to face weakening US dollar

  

  Representatives from Chile’s Council of Food Exporters met this week for 90 minutes with the Chile’s Treasury Minister, Felipe Larraín, to express their concern over the loss of competitiveness in the sector as a result of the declining value of the US dollar versus the Chilean peso, and to propose a series of measures to address the issue.

• Friday, October 15th 2010 - 06:34 UTC

  Miners rescue operation cost between 10 and 20 million US dollars

  

  Chilean President Sebastian Piñera revealed that the rescue operation for the 33 miners trapped during 70 days 622 metres underground in the north of the country cost between 10 and 20 million US dollars.

• Friday, October 15th 2010 - 06:21 UTC

  Colombia to apply capital inflow restrictions to combat the stronger Peso

  

  The Colombian government announced it would restrict the inflow of dollars into the country, one of several measures to try and prevent the local Peso from appreciating against the greenback, which this year already reached 14%.

• Thursday, October 14th 2010 - 05:24 UTC

  Mission accomplished: “Long live Chile” echoed all along the country

  

  Chile's president said his country will never be the same again after the extraordinary rescue of the 33 miners trapped deep underground for 69 days. Sebastian Piñera said he thought Chile was “more united and stronger than ever”, and “more valued” worldwide.

• Wednesday, October 13th 2010 - 07:29 UTC

  And on the 69th day, one by one the Phoenix capsule delivers trapped miners

  

  Chilean rescue workers have begun to successfully pull the 33 trapped miners to the surface in the world’s longest underground mine rescue. The first miner to be rescued at midnight Tuesday, Florencio Avalos emerged from the San Jose copper after spending 69 days trapped in a tunnel more 700 meters underground.

• Wednesday, October 13th 2010 - 07:26 UTC

  Falklands’ military operations trigger “formal and energetic” Unasur protest

  

  The Union of South American Nations, Unasur severely criticized the United Kingdom for the announced military exercises with missiles in the Falklands/Malvinas Islands. Argentina claims sovereignty over the South Atlantic Islands which are a British Overseas Territory.

• Wednesday, October 13th 2010 - 07:22 UTC

  Crime rates and lack of safety in streets the main concerns of Latinamericans

  

  The Organization of American States (OAS) assured Tuesday that democracy in Latin American countries have taken a step back due to the increasing lack of safety in the streets as well the crime rates within the region.

• Tuesday, October 12th 2010 - 00:49 UTC

  Netherlands Antilles disappear, become autonomous within the Kingdom

  

  Dutch Caribbean dependency the Netherlands Antilles has ceased to exist with a change of the five islands' constitutional status. Curacao and St Maarten have become autonomous countries within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, joining Aruba, which gained the status in 1986.

• Tuesday, October 12th 2010 - 00:42 UTC

  Spanish, the third most common language in the web

  

  Spanish is the third most common language in the web with 136 million users which represents 8% of the total number of internauts in the world, behind English (38%) and Chinese (22%) according to a report from Fundacion Telefonica New York.

• Saturday, October 9th 2010 - 05:13 UTC

  Americas loosing to Asia in the recovery of the European tourist market

  

  With a 14th growth in tourist arrivals in the first half of the year Asia doubled the Americas (7.3%) in the industry’s rhythm of recovery and became the region’s main competitor for the European market, according to the latest data from the World Tourism Organization.