Latin America

• Thursday, October 15th 2009 - 07:51 UTC

  New warnings about an arms race in South America and Nicaragua

  

  Several Latinamerica former political leaders and security experts expressed concern over the consequences of an arms race in South America and in Central America’s Nicaragua.

• Thursday, October 15th 2009 - 04:30 UTC

  Teamsters strike “strangling” Punta Arenas

  

  Punta Arenas in the extreme south of Chile is beginning to suffer shortages of some basic goods, including fuel, as a direct consequence of a several-days’ teamsters’ strike which has virtually isolated the city by land.

• Thursday, October 15th 2009 - 03:09 UTC

  Tag system implemented in Santiago’s airport toll way

  

  The Chilean TAG service (an electronic toll road payment system) has been implemented in Santiago’s Arturo Merino Benítez airport in the Pudahuel borough, thus making it easier to enter and leave the international airport.

• Thursday, October 15th 2009 - 02:56 UTC

  Latinamerican banks sound and safe, according to S&P ratings

  

  Latinamerican banks will see second quarter gains despite the economic crisis due to a greater dependency on deposits rather than loans, Standard & Poor's ratings agency said.

• Wednesday, October 14th 2009 - 10:19 UTC

  Montevideo port becomes most advanced container terminal in South America

  

  Uruguay inaugurated this week the new Montevideo’s port facilities which will expand handling to over 1.1 million containers annually making it the most advanced terminal of South America.

• Wednesday, October 14th 2009 - 06:22 UTC

  Zelaya and Micheletti closer to a solution for the Honduras crisis

  

  Ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya sacked Tuesday one of his negotiators at the dialogue table with the de facto government, following his refusal to sign an understanding by which Zelaya desists from calling a constitutional assembly.

• Wednesday, October 14th 2009 - 03:57 UTC

  Chilean government announces major Mapuche land repatriation

  

  Chile’s government last week announced plans to purchase and return 33,000 hectares (more than 80,000 acres) to indigenous communities in southern Region IX, paying record prices for estates that have become emblematic to the native Mapuche cause

• Tuesday, October 13th 2009 - 23:46 UTC

  Bachelet celebrates Chile’s qualification for World Cup in South Africa

  

  President Michelle Bachelet this weekend celebrated Chile’s 4 – 2 victory on Saturday over Colombia, a victory that assured Chile a berth at the upcoming World Cup soccer tournament in South Africa in 2010.

• Tuesday, October 13th 2009 - 05:02 UTC

  Chilean Tierra del Fuego to promote tourism as the main industry

  

  An innovative and aggressive program to promote Chilean Tierra del Fuego tourism as its most dynamic industry is to be implemented between government, the private sector and international advisory organizations, according to reports in Punta Arenas La Prensa Austral.

• Tuesday, October 13th 2009 - 04:50 UTC

  Pickets lifted for the crucial World Cup qualifier Uruguay/Argentina

  

  FIFA has more country members that the United Nations and is proving more effective than even the International Court of The Hague: Argentine pickets blocking for almost two years an international bridge will lift the ban so Argentine fans can cross to Uruguay for the South Africa Soccer World Cup qualifier.