Fidel Castro said his recent comment that communist-led Cuba's economic model does not work was misunderstood, and that what he really meant was capitalism does not work.
Mercosur and Unasur (Union of South American Nations) can be “more effective” than OAS (Organization of American States) in addressing issues of South American countries, said Brazilian Foreign Secretary Celso Amorim currently in Switzerland for a conference on international security.
Luis Schmidt, former president of the National Society of Agriculture (SNA) and the Chilean Fruit Growers Association (Fedefruta), has been offered the position of the Chilean Ambassador to China.
Venezuela reported the slowest monthly inflation of the year in August after the government moved to tackle sporadic food shortages by importing more goods ahead of the September 26 congressional elections.
The Chilean Senate finally approved the Union of South American Nations, (Unasaur) creation charter thus ending the legislative chapter. The bill now goes to the Executive for its promulgation.
The recent 7.1% spurt in Chile’s economic growth registered by the Imacec index (a monthly indicator for economic activity) has made analysts increasingly bullish about Chile’s long-term growth prospects.
Latin America and the Caribbean is the most unequal region in the world with ten of the fifteen countries with the highest levels of inequality in the region. This inequality is persistent, self-perpetuating in areas where social mobility is low and it poses an obstacle to progress in human development.
Beatle Paul McCartney will be visiting Peru, Chile, Argentina and Chile as part of his “Up and Coming Tour” next November according to reports in the Argentine and Chilean press.
“The Cuban model doesn’t even work for us anymore”, admitted Fidel Castro to Jeffrey Goldberg, a writer for the Atlantic Monthly magazine who interviewed the leader and asked if Cuba's model -- Soviet-style communism -- was still worth exporting to other countries.
After many negotiations and discussions, the Chilean government’s set deadline for a new mining royalty bill is here. This week, the Chilean government will present its bill before Congress - with or without the much awaited proposal by the opposition parties.