Latin America

Wednesday, October 21st 2009 - 02:48 UTC
South America: An Analysis of Arms Races and Regional Geopolitics

In mid-September, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton critiqued Venezuela’s leader Hugo Chavez for his ongoing purchases of mostly Russian military equipment, arguing that this could trigger an arms race in South America. The statement has added fuel to the ongoing discussions about what form South America’s rearmament is taking and what this could come to mean for the security of the region.
Tuesday, October 20th 2009 - 07:59 UTC
Colombian president Uribe’s re-re-election is “in God’s hands”

Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said that whether he is re-elected for a third running mandate is “in God's hands”, but he does not want future generations to think that he was attached to power, reported Bogotá’s newspaper El Espectador.
Monday, October 19th 2009 - 12:46 UTC
Chile opens Wind Park to supply 57.000 homes

Chilean president Michelle Bachelet inaugurated last week the country's largest wind park. The Monte Redondo project demanded a 100 million US dollars investment and will have a production of 38 megawatts, which will power 57 thousand homes.
Monday, October 19th 2009 - 12:38 UTC
Peru condemns insults to Chilean president published in the Lima media

Peruvian Foreign Affairs minister Jose Antonio García Belaúnde condemned the “injurious” publication against Chilean president Michelle Bachelet in the front page of one of Lima’s yellow press dailies.
Saturday, October 17th 2009 - 10:30 UTC
Chavez suffers “ideological delirium symptoms” claims Caracas mayor

Venezuela’s capital Caracas Mayor Antonio Ledezma said that President Hugo Chavez suffers from “ideological delirium symptoms” because one day “he enshrines Fidel Castro, another Mao” and sometimes he “even praises Pinochet and Hitler”.
Saturday, October 17th 2009 - 05:24 UTC
Honduras crisis stalls President Obama expected visit to Brazil and Chile

US president Barack Obama could visit Brazil this year once the US Senate approves the nomination of Thomas Shannon as ambassador before the Brazilian government, announced the head of the Brazilian diplomatic legation in Washington Antonio Patriota.
Friday, October 16th 2009 - 07:01 UTC
Underwater fibre optic cable to link Key West with Havana

Miami-based Telecommunications Company said it planned to build an underwater fibre-optic cable linking the United States and Cuba, creating the first such line of its type.
Friday, October 16th 2009 - 06:35 UTC
Chileans are all work and no play; best lifestyle Australia

Chileans are all work and no play, according a new study that suggests outsiders view the country as a good place for business but not for letting their hair down.
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.