Latin America

• Monday, July 5th 2010 - 05:02 UTC

  Morales inaugurates presidential jet and former Miss Bolivia as special envoy

  

  Bolivian President Evo Morales has a new presidential aircraft, a Falcon 900EX manufactured by the French company Dassault. The Bolivian Air Force One was delivered by Philippe Létrilliart, France’s Chargé d’Affairs in La Paz during a ceremony at the air base of El Alto.

• Monday, July 5th 2010 - 04:51 UTC

  Venezuela and Chile to preside over another Latam unity group

  

  Venezuela and Chile will jointly preside over a new regional block to promote integration in the Americans but excluding United States and Canada was announced over the weekend during a meeting of Foreign Affairs ministers in Venezuela.

• Friday, July 2nd 2010 - 00:44 UTC

  Amnesty blasts Cuba regime for “climate of fear” and 53 prisoners of conscience

  

  Cuba has created a “climate of fear” among political activists and journalists working on the island nation, according to a report released this week by the human rights group Amnesty International.

• Thursday, July 1st 2010 - 21:10 UTC

  Construction slump in Punta Arenas lifts unemployment to 6%

  

  Unemployment in the extreme south of Chile, Magallanes Region, increased for the second mobile quarter running and now stands at 6% with construction industry receiving the heaviest blow, according to the latest release from the regional Statistics Office, INE.

• Thursday, July 1st 2010 - 07:22 UTC

  Latinamerica, one of the very few benefiting from Spain’s EU presidency

  

  Spain's ambitious six-month presidency of the EU was eclipsed by the European debt crisis which thrust the country's fragile economy into the global spotlight and weakened the Spanish government, analysts said.

• Thursday, July 1st 2010 - 06:52 UTC

  Chilean wine retailer to promote sales in Peru, Brazil and Colombia

  

  Three months after opening its newest store in Chile, The World of Wines - a key Chilean wine retailer – is looking to expand throughout the region.

• Wednesday, June 30th 2010 - 21:04 UTC

  Syria's Latin American connection

  Damascus will continue to maintain ties with the countries south of the US, regardless of Washington's objections

• Wednesday, June 30th 2010 - 20:55 UTC

  Cuban president sacks another (inefficient) minister: Light Industry

  

  Cuban president Raul Castro sacked Light Industry minister Jose Hermandez, the latest of an on-going cabinet reshuffle with the purpose of implanting a policy of import-substitution to address the growing economic crisis.

• Wednesday, June 30th 2010 - 20:50 UTC

  Otters in southern Chile help contain invasion of exotic mink

  

  With its pert face and furry coat, the slender mink looks like a charming pet. But beneath the sweet façade lies an opportunistic predator that has become a menace to biodiversity in the southern parts of Chile.

• Tuesday, June 29th 2010 - 05:13 UTC

  Punta Arenas planning International Antarctic Centre

  

  Punta Arenas in the extreme south of Chile and seat of the country’s Antarctic Institute will have a new complex that will include the Institute’s offices, research laboratories and a museum dedicated to Chile’s strong and long presence in Antarctica.