Latin America

• Wednesday, September 16th 2009 - 12:30 UTC

  Unasur could not reach consensus on regional military affairs

  

  The Union of South American Nations, UNASUR, ministerial meeting in Ecuador ended Tuesday with no consensus on regional military issues reported Colombia’s Foreign Affairs minister Jaime Bermúdez.

• Wednesday, September 16th 2009 - 08:52 UTC

  Buenos Aires optimistic about the coming cruise season

  

  In spite of the global slowdown, the cruise industry in South America seems to be steaming ahead according to the latest estimates from Buenos Aires Port, which for the coming 2009/2010 season is expecting 143 calls.

• Wednesday, September 16th 2009 - 08:43 UTC

  Extension of US trade embargo on Cuba, “disappoints” Brazil and Latinamerica

  

  President Barack Obama decision to extend for another twelve months the 47-year-long US trade embargo on Cuba has “disappointed” Brazil and Latinamerica” said President Lula da Silva’s main foreign policy advisors.

• Wednesday, September 16th 2009 - 08:19 UTC

  Chavez regime holds at least 40 political prisoners claim human rights groups

  

  Venezuelan human rights organizations estimate the regime of President Hugo Chavez is holding at least 40 political prisoners and over 2.000 people have been sentenced for participating in rallies organized by the opposition to protest “Bolivarian revolution” legislation and initiatives.

• Wednesday, September 16th 2009 - 06:59 UTC

  Britain, Spain and the sleeping giant Latin America

  

  UK Foreign Office Minister, Chris Bryant, addressed the Latin American Forum at Casa de America in Madrid on 14 September.

• Tuesday, September 15th 2009 - 12:02 UTC

  Bolivia invites Spanish companies to invest “as partners not as bosses”

  

  Bolivian President Evo Morales said companies that respect the law and don’t “conspire” against the government are welcome in his country. Bolivia needs investors and partners rather than “bosses,” Morales told a conference of business leaders and politicians in Madrid.

• Tuesday, September 15th 2009 - 11:57 UTC

  US extends trade embargo on Cuba for another year

  

  Despite vowing a new beginning in the US-Cuba relations, President Barack Obama has decided to extend the 47-year-long US trade embargo on Cuba for another year.

• Tuesday, September 15th 2009 - 06:24 UTC

  Re-sail of Darwin’s global travel calls in Falklands next November

  

  The international project “Beagle, on the Future of Species” a re-sail of Charles Darwin’s global travels which 150 years ago drastically changed the concepts of creation and evolution, but now geared to investigate the earth’s future is scheduled to call in the Falkland Islands next November

• Tuesday, September 15th 2009 - 00:47 UTC

  Russia finances sale of tanks and missile to Chavez regime

  

  Russia has agreed to lend Venezuela over 2 billion US dollars to buy weapons, President Hugo Chavez has said. The credit will be used to purchase nearly 100 tanks and a series of anti-aircraft rocket systems from Russia.

• Monday, September 14th 2009 - 22:10 UTC

  Street crime, damages and hundreds arrested in Chile on coup anniversary

  

  This weekend’s “demonstrations” commemorating the 36th anniversary of the 9/11/73 military coup in Chile that toppled the Socialist government of President Salvador Allende left three dead, 19 policemen wounded, more than 200 arrested and millions of pesos in property damage.