Latin America

Monday, August 24th 2009 - 11:23 UTC
Colombia in Unasur will discuss “all issues”, not only the US agreement

Colombia will participate in the coming Union of South American Nations, Unasur, summit “to discuss all issues” and not only the US/Colombia agreement on military bases, anticipated Jaime Bermúdez, Colombian Foreign Affairs minister.
Monday, August 24th 2009 - 11:21 UTC
Peru has adopted the “positive sides” of the Chilean model

President Alan García said that Peru had adopted the “positive sides” of the Chilean model and insisted that Peru will “not adopt a retaliatory or a diminished attitude towards Chile; we simply want to be better than them”.
Monday, August 24th 2009 - 10:59 UTC
Cuban press releases pictures of Fidel Castro with Ecuador’s Correa

A new picture of Fidel Castro has been published in a state-run newspaper, apparently showing Cuba's ailing former leader in much better health. Castro, 83 was pictured meeting with the Ecuadorean president, Rafael Correa, on Friday.
Saturday, August 22nd 2009 - 11:27 UTC
Brazilian president arrives in Bolivia with strong tone-down message

Brazilian president Lula da Silva considers that differences inside the Union of South American Nations, Unasur are more “a matter of form than content” because “our main objectives are compatible and at the same time convergent” according to an interview in Bolivia’s leading newspaper La Razon.
Saturday, August 22nd 2009 - 11:23 UTC
Turkey layers in Chile infected with the human A/H1N1 virus flu

Two turkey farms in Chile have been put under quarantine restrictions after fears the birds have caught swine flu from humans. Vets in the country said the A/H1N1 flu virus had been discovered in the two poultry plants in Valparaiso.
Saturday, August 22nd 2009 - 11:08 UTC
Lula da Silva suggested to Obama a meeting to discuss US forces in Colombia

Brazilian president Lula da Silva suggested to his peer Barack Obama that he should meet with South American leaders to address the announced presence of US forces in seven Colombian bases.
Friday, August 21st 2009 - 22:17 UTC
A different perspective on the Mapuche situation in the south of Chile

If Things Are Ever To Improve, Chile Must Follow New Zealand’s Example -

By Eugenio Tironi
Friday, August 21st 2009 - 14:09 UTC
Allende’s family wants Brazil do declassify documents from 1973

Chilean Member of Parliament Isabel Allende said she will ask the Brazilian government to declassify documents that could shed light on Brazil’s possible involvement in the 1973 coup that led to the ouster and death of her father, elected socialist President Salvador Allende.
Friday, August 21st 2009 - 13:16 UTC
Brazil becomes Chile’s third largest trading partner

Brazil has become Chile’s third largest trading partner, displacing Japan, according to recently released government trade figures. Total July trade between Chile and Brazil was US$547 million, compared to the US$446 million in trade between Chile and Japan during July.
Friday, August 21st 2009 - 10:52 UTC
Venezuela admits contraction; preparing package to re-launch growth

Venezuela's GDP contracted 2.4% in the second quarter of 2009 from the same period a year earlier, the central bank reported Thursday. In the first half of the year, the economy has contracted 1% against the same period a year earlier.