Latin America

Thursday, March 5th 2009 - 16:57 UTC
Argentine/Chilean lawmakers hold joint session in Antarctica

Argentine and Chilean members of the Congressional Foreign Relations Committees will hold symbolic meetings in Antarctica on Thursday to underline bilateral links and the two countries commitment to the Antarctic Treaty and the Environment Protection protocol.
Thursday, March 5th 2009 - 16:41 UTC
South American countries coordinate anti-FAM campaign

An assessment mission from the Paris seated International Epizooties Organization (OIE) is currently organizing the monitoring of the High Vigilance Zone, (ZAV) in the heart of South America, where foot and mouth disease is recurrent.
Thursday, March 5th 2009 - 16:38 UTC
Successful drilling of new gas well in Magallanes region

GeoPark Holdings has announced the successful drilling and testing of a new gas well - Yagan 1 - on the Fell Block in the extreme south of Chile at an initial production test rate exceeding 10 million cubic feet per day (mmcfpd) of gas.
Wednesday, March 4th 2009 - 16:46 UTC
Fidel says he was consulted about the cabinet reshuffle

The former Cuban president Fidel Castro says he was consulted on the sweeping leadership changes undertaken by his brother Raul government and he says two of the ousted officials had been seduced by “the honey of power.”
Tuesday, March 3rd 2009 - 23:00 UTC
Out of the region tourists dropped in Chile this summer

The 2009 summer season attracted 780.000 foreign tourists to Chile which represents an increase of 6% over the same period a year ago, according to the latest figures released by the country Tourism Service office.
Tuesday, March 3rd 2009 - 23:00 UTC
Scientists studying invasive insects in Sub Antarctica islands

French scientists have spent summer months in the extreme south of Chile collecting samples of insects with the purpose of trying to determine their geographic distribution process along Sub Antarctic insular territories which includes the Kerguelen in the Pacific, the South Atlantic Falklands and South Georgia and Patagonia.
Tuesday, March 3rd 2009 - 23:00 UTC
Chilean salmon production forecasted to drop 40% this year

With Chile's farmed salmon production expected to drop between 40 and 50% this year, Chilean producers can only hope that the price of the fish – as it has in recent months – continues to rise.
Tuesday, March 3rd 2009 - 23:00 UTC
Venezuela to slash oil industry suppliers costs by 40%

Venezuela's government owned oil company PDVSA plans to slash costs by 40% as it struggles with low crude prices amid the global financial crisis, according to the president of the corporation.
Tuesday, March 3rd 2009 - 23:00 UTC
Bolivia dengue cases could reach 50.000 by end of March

Bolivia revealed Tuesday that 35.500 people have contracted the benign strain of the mosquito transmitted dengue disease while 20 have died from the deadly haemorrhagic variant. There are also fears that before the rainy season is over 50.000 people could be infected.
Monday, March 2nd 2009 - 23:00 UTC
Fidel had his first stroll through Havana, says Chavez

Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, though still convalescing from the illness that sidelined him in July 2006, recently “went for a walk on the streets of Havana” said Venezuelan President Hugo Ch?vez over the weekend.