Latin America

Saturday, July 2nd 2011 - 06:18 UTC
Venezuela’ top general says Chavez is ‘recovering satisfactorily’ and ‘soon’ will be back

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez is recovering “satisfactorily” from surgery to remove a cancerous tumour and will be home “soon,” the head of the country’s military said on Friday.
Saturday, July 2nd 2011 - 05:38 UTC
Bolivia apologizes to Argentine Jewish community for inviting Iranian official

Bolivian president Evo Morales apologized to the Argentine Jewish community for having received on an official visit the Iranian Defence minister Ahmad Vahido, who is wanted by the Argentine justice system for his alleged involvement in the 1994 anti-Semite attack in Buenos Aires.
Saturday, July 2nd 2011 - 05:28 UTC
London and Chilean stock exchanges are in the process of integration

Finance Minister Felipe Larraín advanced efforts to integrate the Chilean and London stock exchanges during a recent visit to the United Kingdom. A delegation of government officials and business leaders accompanied the minister on his trip to promote foreign investment in Chile.
Friday, July 1st 2011 - 12:51 UTC
Argentina is promoting the idea of an OPEC-like for lithium

Argentina is promoting the idea of an OPEC-like cartel for itself, Bolivia and Chile, which together control 85% of the world's reserves of lithium, a key component in electric car batteries.
Friday, July 1st 2011 - 03:26 UTC
Chávez from Cuba tells Venezuela he is undergoing cancer treatment

Doctors detected and removed a cancerous tumor from Hugo Chavez's body, the Venezuelan president announced in a speech broadcast on state-run VTV Thursday night.
Thursday, June 30th 2011 - 21:04 UTC
Chile plans to invest massively in developing tourism in Mapuche territory

Home to pristine forests and the indigenous Mapuche people, Chile’s Araucanía Region is rich with tourism potential. However, according to the government, the area needs a facelift in order to capitalize on its resources.
Thursday, June 30th 2011 - 20:17 UTC
US says Haiti cholera epidemic was imported, probably UN Nepal peacekeepers

Evidence strongly suggests UN peacekeepers from Nepal were the source of a cholera epidemic in Haiti that has killed more than 5,500 people, said a new report by the US Centres for Disease Control Prevention.
Thursday, June 30th 2011 - 17:42 UTC
Colombian group takes over Uruguay main supermarkets chain, Disco and Devoto

France’s Casino Guichard-Perrachon Colombian retailing branch, Exito announced the signing of a share purchase agreement for the acquisition of Casino' majority stakes in Uruguay’s main supermarket chain Disco and Devoto in an operation involving 746 million US dollars.
Thursday, June 30th 2011 - 17:12 UTC
Magallanes Corriedale rams with NZ genetics exported to Peru

Magallanes Region in the extreme south of Chile is exporting rams to Peru to help improve the meat and wool conditions of the flock of that country. The first batch of ten rams was dispatched by the Teheul Aike rural society, via Santiago and has already reached their destination in Puno.
Thursday, June 30th 2011 - 07:23 UTC
Brazil calls for conclusion of EU/Mercosur trade talks and warns about cheap imports

Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff said it was urgent for Mercosur/European Union trade negotiations to conclude although also emphasizing the need to promote and intensive South/South relations, but warning that some outer region countries are intent in “sending us what they can’t sell in developed countries”.