Latin America

Tuesday, October 6th 2009 - 23:52 UTC
Chile supermarket industry booming: one new store every three days

Chilean supermarket chain owners –mainly Wall-Mart, Cencosud, Unimarc and Supermercados del Sur –are planning the construction of 125 new supermarkets in 2010--an average of one new store every three days. This will be a 12.5% increase to the current 1,003 supermarkets in the country.
Tuesday, October 6th 2009 - 23:12 UTC
The UN and the OAS: There is a choice to be made

(*) The current crisis in Honduras could have a profound impact on the future of Central American institutions. As hemispheric players invest their prestige and political clout in the final outcome of the standoff between ousted constitutional President Manuel Zelaya and de facto Interim President Roberto Micheletti, it is apparent that the OAS is showing its profound limitations once again, as has often been the case in the past.
Tuesday, October 6th 2009 - 11:48 UTC
Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, best places to live in South America, says UN

In a report released Monday, the United Nations Human development index ranks Norway as the best place in the world to live. Factors such as life expectancy, literacy, school enrolment, health system and GDP help determine these rankings.
Tuesday, October 6th 2009 - 11:46 UTC
Latinamerica’s recovery “very slow” and with “rising unemployment”

Latinamerica’s recovery will be very show while unemployment keeps a rising tendency, warned on Monday Alicia Barcena, Executive Secretary for the United Nations Latinamerica and Caribbean Economic Commission, Cepal.
Tuesday, October 6th 2009 - 11:29 UTC
Torres del Paine Park officials get tough: ticket increase and stricter access

Foreign tourists visiting the world famous Torres del Paine national park in Chilean Patagonia will have to pay a 15.000 Chilean pesos ticket, (approx 30 US dollars) each time they walk into the grounds. The fee for local guides and transport staff is 4.000 Chilean pesos (8 USD).
Tuesday, October 6th 2009 - 06:49 UTC
Micheletti lifts emergency decree; IMF promises aid to Zelaya

Honduras' de facto leader Roberto Micheletti lifted Monday an emergency decree that suspended some civil liberties and shut two media outlets loyal to ousted President Manuel Zelaya. Micheletti had come under pressure to end the emergency measures as the Organization of American States, OAS, tried to negotiate an end to a crisis triggered when Zelaya was toppled in a June coup.
Monday, October 5th 2009 - 13:50 UTC
Micheletti admits it was “a mistake” the way Zelaya was ousted

Honduran de facto president Roberto Micheletti admitted that the way elected President Manuel Zelaya was ousted by the military last June 28th and flown out of the country, “was a mistake”.
Monday, October 5th 2009 - 13:41 UTC
Unesco safeguard for Andean Aymara cultural heritage

Unesco’s support for the project to safeguard the intangible cultural heritage of the Aymara communities of Bolivia, Chile and Peru should be seen as an example for Latinamerica, according to Peruvian anthropologist Soledad Mujica.
Monday, October 5th 2009 - 13:15 UTC
Patagonian fiords cruise season launched in Punta Arenas

Chile’s Cruceros Australis and Comapa tourist agency officially launched last Friday the 2009/2010 Patagonian fiords cruise season in a ceremony held in Punta Arenas, reports La Prensa Austral.
Monday, October 5th 2009 - 13:10 UTC
Bolivia faces critics over purchase of aircrafts from China

Bolivia said on Sunday that it’s the South American country which least invests in military hardware and ratified it is not involved in any arms race. Defence minister Walker San Miguel statement follow the Bolivian decision to purchase six aircrafts from China which come on top of an open credit line for military hardware extended by Russia.