Latin America

• Friday, April 29th 2011 - 05:06 UTC

  Lima Declaration seals the Pacific Alliance of Peru, Chile, Colombia and Mexico

  

  The presidents of Latin America's most pro-business countries, Peru, Chile, Colombia and Mexico agreed on Thursday to deepen their existing commercial ties and further open doors to lucrative Asian markets.

• Thursday, April 28th 2011 - 06:27 UTC

  Record Latino turnout in US 2010 mid term election, but well below potential

  

  More than 6.6 million Latinos voted in the legislative elections last November, a record Hispanic turnout in a non-presidential election year, according to a new study.

• Thursday, April 28th 2011 - 02:08 UTC

  France’s Total makes mega find that could boost Bolivia’s gas reserves by a third

  

  The French energy giant Total and its Argentine partner, Tecpetrol, announced the discovery of a major natural gas find in Aquio in southeast Bolivia.

• Tuesday, April 26th 2011 - 23:50 UTC

  Latam and Caribbean states create CELAC to counter US influence

  

  Latin American and Caribbean Foreign Affairs ministers are meeting in Venezuela in anticipation of the presidential summit scheduled for July 5 in Caracas when a new regional integration organization is set to be born, the Community of Latin American and Caribbean states, CELAC.

• Tuesday, April 26th 2011 - 16:50 UTC

  Human rights situation in the US according to China and reported by Fidel

  

  The Cuban revolution leader Fidel Castro in his latest ‘Reflections’ column “The brutal and turbulent North” writes about China’s report on human rights in the United States, which is basically a counter report on Washington’s annual document on the human rights situation in each of the world’s countries.

• Tuesday, April 26th 2011 - 15:09 UTC

  Peru’s Humala promises good relations with Chile, discards Venezuela’s ALBA

  

  Peruvian presidential candidate Ollanta Humala said that in the event of winning the runoff against Keiko Fujimori he will strengthen relations with Brazil, Chile and the United States as well as with Unasur, and has no intentions of joining Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez inspired ALBA.

• Tuesday, April 26th 2011 - 02:53 UTC

  Colombia strikes new oil well; production in March averaging 884.000 bpd

  

  Colombia’s state-run petroleum company Ecopetrol announced the results of testing from an oil well in the south of the country with initial findings showing production levels to average 92 barrels of oil a day reported the Bogotá press.

• Tuesday, April 26th 2011 - 02:20 UTC

  Pacific accord “no conflict” for Mercosur or Unasur, says Brazil

  

  The pro-business block initiative that will be signed this week by Pacific countries leaders from Chile, Peru, Mexico and Colombia presents no potential conflict for Brazil or Mercosur said on Monday the Brazilian Foreign Affairs ministry.

• Monday, April 25th 2011 - 07:45 UTC

  Pro business Peru, Colombia, Chile and Mexico to sign Pacific Agreement

  

  Peruvian president Alan Garcia will be hosting this week his peers from Colombia, Chile and Mexico to subscribe the so-called Pacific (Ocean) Agreement with the purpose of integrating the four countries economies.

• Monday, April 25th 2011 - 06:59 UTC

  Chavez, with eyes on his 2012 re-election bid, hikes oil windfall tax

  

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez hiked an oil windfall tax in a move that raises government income ahead of the 2012 presidential election, but puts a heavy load on oil companies.