Latin America

• Thursday, November 11th 2010 - 22:04 UTC

  Latin American leaders at G-20 call for responsibility from rich countries

  

  Leaders from Brazil, Mexico and Argentina in the framework of the G-20 summit in Korea called on rich countries for a commitment to end the “currencies war” and ensure balanced growth out of the current crisis.

• Thursday, November 11th 2010 - 21:35 UTC

  Former FARC hostage claims Colombia treats her “as a criminal, not a victim”

  

  Ingrid Betancourt, a former Colombian presidential candidate who was held captive by the FARC guerrilla for six years, accuses Colombia of treating her “worse than a criminal” since she was rescued in 2008, according to reports in the Argentine press.

• Thursday, November 11th 2010 - 20:29 UTC

  Chilean government supports Muslim school girl use of ‘hijab’

  

  Yasmin Elsayed, a 9-year old girl who was prohibited from wearing a hijab (an Islamic head scarf) at the W. A. Mozart School in the La Reina borough of Chile’s capital Santiago, was allowed to register again for the 2011 school year this week.

• Thursday, November 11th 2010 - 14:44 UTC

  ISA virus outbreak detected on salmon farm in southern Chile

  

  SERNAPESCA, Chile’s national marine fisheries service, has declared an Infectious Salmon Anemia (ISA) outbreak on a salmon farm in the Magallanes Region (XII).

• Thursday, November 11th 2010 - 11:41 UTC

  Transition processes in Argentina and Brazil seen from Washington

  

  The Washington Post in one of this week’s editorials referred to the ‘transition process’ going on in South America’s two largest economies, Argentina and Brazil, after almost a decade of populist leadership.

• Thursday, November 11th 2010 - 06:07 UTC

  India set to become second largest copper consumer by 2020

  

  COCHILCO, Chile’s copper commission, estimates that by the end of this decade, India’s demand for copper will rise from the current figure of 610,000 tons to between 2.4 million and 3.6 million tons annually.

• Thursday, November 11th 2010 - 00:17 UTC

  Stranded cruise towed to San Diego; Navy choppers supply food to 4.500 pax

  

  Cruise ship “Carnival Splendour” carrying 4,500 passengers and crew members is being slowly towed towards San Diego, California after an engine room fire disabled its ability to move on its own.

• Wednesday, November 10th 2010 - 06:14 UTC

  Cuba prepares for the “orderly” elimination of ration cards effective since 1962

  

  The Cuban government is proposing the orderly elimination of the rations’ card according to a document prepared for the ruling party Communist Congress scheduled for April 2011.

• Wednesday, November 10th 2010 - 05:57 UTC

  Latin America’s second largest bourse by market value is launched in Peru

  

  The main securities exchanges in Chile, Colombia and Peru plan to begin trialling cross-border stock trading in an arrangement that may lead to the creation of Latin America’s second-largest bourse by market value.

• Wednesday, November 10th 2010 - 02:38 UTC

  Falklands should not interfere with UK’s Latin America renewed approach

  

  The Falkland Islands dispute must not get in the way of Britain boosting its relations with Latin America, Foreign Secretary William Hague said Tuesday. London has neglected its ties with the region for too long and Britain must re-launch its relations with Latin America as its importance on the global stage grows, Hague said.