Latin America

• Wednesday, August 11th 2010 - 06:46 UTC

  Ecuador’s Correa blames former leader Uribe for the bilateral conflict

  

  Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa blamed former president Alvaro Uribe for wrecking trust between the two nations by ordering a military attack on Ecuador's soil (in 2008) without requesting authorization from Quito.

• Wednesday, August 11th 2010 - 06:39 UTC

  Two scientists allege to have solved “The Bermuda Triangle” mystery

  

  According to two research scientists the mystery of vanished ships and airplanes in the region dubbed “The Bermuda Triangle” has been solved. No need to appeal to outer space aliens, time anomalies, submerged giant Atlantis pyramids and bizarre meteorological phenomena ... the “Triangle” simply suffers from an acute case of gas.

• Wednesday, August 11th 2010 - 06:38 UTC

  Church bells in Wales return home to Santiago to mark Chile’s bicentennial

  

  A set of church bells that survived a Santiago fire and spent almost 150 year in Wales will return to Chile to mark the country's bicentennial celebrations, Minister for Latin America Jeremy Browne made the announcement Tuesday.

• Wednesday, August 11th 2010 - 06:11 UTC

  Former Mexican president backs legalization of drugs: prohibition has failed

  

  Former Mexican president Vicente Fox, a key US ally in the war on drugs, has backed the legalization of drugs, saying prohibition has failed to curb Mexico's spiralling violence and corruption.

• Wednesday, August 11th 2010 - 05:57 UTC

  Fidel brushes aside any remote chance of Colombia attacking Venezuela

  

  Former Cuban President Fidel Castro dismissed the possibility of a Colombian attack on Venezuela, and said he felt positive about Colombia's future under the leadership of newly sworn-in President Juan Manuel Santos.

• Wednesday, August 11th 2010 - 05:45 UTC

  Santos/Chavez admits differences but restore diplomatic relations

  

  Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and Venezuela's Hugo Chávez announced the resumption of diplomatic ties following talks to end the latest dispute between the two neighbouring but ideologically opposed countries.

• Tuesday, August 10th 2010 - 14:19 UTC

  Since last year Chilean women are a majority in higher education and increasing

  

  Last year was the first time that a majority – 51% - of all higher education students in Chile were women, the Education Ministry reported last week.

• Tuesday, August 10th 2010 - 11:39 UTC

  Chilean economy recovering strongly shows Central bank data

  

  Chile’s Central Bank released the Economic Activity Index (IMACEC) results for June on Sunday showing an increase in economic activity of 6.8%, over June 2009. The results showed an increase in activity across the board — from the transportation and electric industries, to gas and water.

• Tuesday, August 10th 2010 - 05:03 UTC

  Colombia/Venezuela to resume relations, Santos anticipates to Lula da Silva

  

  Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos informed his Brazilian peer Lula da Silva that Bogotá and Venezuela would resume full diplomatic relations “in coming hours”, according to a spokesperson from the Brazilian presidency.

• Tuesday, August 10th 2010 - 05:02 UTC

  Raul Castro wants “an opening” with Washington to help with the economy

  

  Cardinal Jaime Ortega, Roman Catholic archbishop of Havana, told The Washington Post that Cuban President Raul Castro wants “an opening” with the United States.