Latin America

Saturday, May 22nd 2010 - 00:41 UTC
Malaysia 59th country to sign free trade agreement with Chile

This week Malaysia became the 59th country to sign a free trade agreement with Chile. It is the first free trade agreement (FTA) for President Sebastian Piñera's government and it is Malaysia’s first FTA with a Latin American nation.
Saturday, May 22nd 2010 - 00:10 UTC
Chile’s drops in world competitiveness ranking but still top of Latam

Chile fell from number 25 to number 28 on the World Competitiveness Yearbook that includes 58 countries. This is Chile’s worst position since 2000, when it ranked number 30. The highest position it has had is 18, in 2005.
Saturday, May 22nd 2010 - 00:07 UTC
Magallanes tourism operators want regional official representative removed

Tourism operators from the extreme south of Chile in Punta Arenas are demanding that the regional representative of the national Tourism Office, Senatur, Christian Miranda resign and be immediately replaced.
Friday, May 21st 2010 - 02:48 UTC
Peru en route to become the world’s fifth gold producer

Peru’s Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) said this week that the country would rank among the world’s top 5 gold producers before 2015 thanks to the production potential and increased investment in the sector.
Friday, May 21st 2010 - 02:15 UTC
South American bumper soy beans crop to push prices down

The specialized publication Oil World raised its forecast for the world 2009/2010 soy beans crop in 47.6 million tons compared to the previous season, totalling 258.9 million tons. The upward estimate is boosted by the South American crop which will be 37 million tons larger than the 134 million tons of the 2008/09 harvest.
Friday, May 21st 2010 - 01:36 UTC
Turkish Prime Minister to visit Brazil, Argentina and Chile

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan from G-20 member Turkey will pay formal visits to Brazil, Argentina and Chile at the end of May. Turkey and Brazil have increasing closer links and earlier this week brokered a deal with Iran regarding Teheran’s controversial nuclear fuel production capacity.
Thursday, May 20th 2010 - 18:34 UTC
Argentina revives long time border dispute with Chile in Patagonian ice fields

Old wounds were reopened between Chile and Argentina this week: a long-time border dispute in the nations’ southern Patagonia regions.
Thursday, May 20th 2010 - 06:47 UTC
EU signs trade agreements with Central America and Peru and Colombia

The European Union on Wednesday signed trade agreements with Central America, Peru and Colombia, while some Latin American leaders criticized such deals as only favouring rich countries.
Thursday, May 20th 2010 - 03:28 UTC
Petrobras leading Latinamerican corporation based on sales volume

Petrobras, Brazil’s government managed oil and gas corporation rates as the Latinamerican corporation with the largest volume of sales, according to consultants Economática. The top ranked include six Brazilian companies, three Mexican and one from Colombia.
Thursday, May 20th 2010 - 02:56 UTC
US Visa Waive program could include Chile, Argentina and Brazil

The United States government is currently looking at the possibility of extending the “Visa Waiver” program to include citizens of Chile, Argentina and Brazil, Rodger Dow, President of the U.S. travel association, announced recently.