Latin America

Wednesday, August 26th 2009 - 00:50 UTC
The presidential re-election syndrome torments Latinamerica

Presidential re-election has become a controversial issue in Latinamerican politics and some of the latest incidents are regional headlines including the current upheaval in Honduras which remains unsolved and can be traced to ousted President Manuel Zelaya alleged re-election bid.
Tuesday, August 25th 2009 - 15:08 UTC
Chile’s Bachelet among the world’s most powerful women

Forbes magazine last week listed Chilean President Michelle Bachelet as the 22nd most powerful woman in the world – up three notches from last year.
Monday, August 24th 2009 - 11:28 UTC
Brazil reaffirms influence in Bolivia and support for Evo Morales

President Lula da Silva reaffirmed Brazil’s influence during his visit to Bolivia where he announced the opening of the Brazilian market to Bolivian textiles and extended a loan to build a leg of the bi-oceanic corridor which will eventually join Santos in the Atlantic with Iquique on the Pacific.
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