Latin America

• Wednesday, November 3rd 2010 - 04:29 UTC

  Chavez/Santos normalize trade and energy relations: “we need to work together”

  

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Colombian counterpart Juan Manuel Santos agreed Tuesday to strengthen ties through energy projects as they sought to improve relations and leave behind recent bitter disputes.

• Wednesday, November 3rd 2010 - 04:28 UTC

  Bill to lift ban on cruise casinos and gambling while in Chilean territorial waters

  

  A bill allowing cruise vessels to operate their on board casinos and other gambling activities while in Chilean territorial waters was presented Tuesday in the Chilean congress. The proposal is a long standing demand from the international cruise industry.

• Wednesday, November 3rd 2010 - 00:26 UTC

  Accept reforms or “we will fall off the cliff” warns Raúl Castro

  

  Cuban President Raul Castro told unionists to accept layoffs and reforms that open the way for private enterprise as necessary for the survival of socialism.

• Monday, November 1st 2010 - 05:50 UTC

  Six South American countries with the worst income distribution inequality

  

  A newly released regional report on economic inequality ranked Chile as one of the top 15 countries in the world with the worst inequality of income distribution and declares Latin America and the Caribbean to be the region with the worst inequality worldwide.

• 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.