Latin America

• Monday, November 1st 2010 - 05:25 UTC

  Cattle prices in Punta Arenas soar pushed by world demand for beef

  

  After a decade of stalled values for live cattle in Punta Arenas, extreme south of Chile, prices for calves have almost trebled to over three dollars per kilo, which represents a 90% increase over a year ago.

• Monday, November 1st 2010 - 05:01 UTC

  Punta Arenas based DAP incorporates new aircraft for Antarctic charters

  

  Chile’s DAP airlines, which at one time was the link between Punta Arenas and the Falkland Islands, has incorporated a second BAE-146 for seasonal charter flights to Antarctica.

• Saturday, October 30th 2010 - 18:57 UTC

  Peru proposes South American Pacific countries free movement zone

  

  Peruvian President Alan Garcia is proposing to Chilean President Sebastian Piñera a zone for free movement of goods, people and capital, a zone that would include Colombia, Panama, Ecuador, Peru and Chile.

• Saturday, October 30th 2010 - 06:39 UTC

  Lula da Silva’s name sounds strongly as next Unasur secretary general

  

  Following the death of former Argentine president Nestor Kirchner, the Union of South American Nations, Unasur must find a new consensus leader and the outstanding figure and possible candidate is Brazilian president Lula da Silva recognized as a great promoter of regional integration.

• Saturday, October 30th 2010 - 05:12 UTC

  Centre-left victory in Lima anticipates major changes in Peruvian politics

  

  The battle to be mayor of Lima, finally won by Susana Villaran, may have been the tightest electoral race in Peru's history. It was certainly one of the most drawn-out. <br />
  Electoral officials took more than three weeks to recount 8,384 ballots that were challenged over technical errors such as missing fingerprints and signatures on tally sheets.

• Friday, October 29th 2010 - 06:17 UTC

  South American presidents give their full support to Cristina Kirchner

  

  South American Presidents of Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil and Paraguay met Thursday at the wake of former Argentine president Néstor Kirchner, where they expressed their condolences to widow and current Head of State Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

• Friday, October 29th 2010 - 04:49 UTC

  Timerman anticipates Cristina Fernandez will run for re-election in 2011

  

  Argentine Foreign Affairs minister Hector Timerman anticipated that Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner will be again president of all Argentines, although admitting that the decision to be or not to be a candidate “rests on her”.

• Friday, October 29th 2010 - 03:50 UTC

  New US ambassador praises Chile as a model of stability

  

  In his first press conference in Santiago, new U.S. ambassador to Chile Alejandro Wolff said that the miners’ rescue impressed him greatly.

• Thursday, October 28th 2010 - 05:59 UTC

  Unasur presidents confirm presence at wake ceremony

  

  Several Latin American presidents expressed sorrow for former President Néstor Kirchner's death and pledged to be present in the country for the upcoming wake of the UNASUR Secretary-General.

• Thursday, October 28th 2010 - 05:55 UTC

  Unasur members declare three days of national mourning

  

  The Chilean government announced three days of national mourning to honour former Argentine president Nestor Kirchner who died of a massive stroke Wednesday morning at his home in El Calafate, Patagonia.