The United States Treasury Department on Tuesday froze the US assets of eight members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, which it has deemed a narco-terrorist organization.
Ecuador spoke out against the European Union's policy on migration during the General Assembly's annual high-level debate Tuesday, stressing the need to protect the right of people to move freely.
Chile's Central Bank on Monday called an early halt to the 8 billion US dollars foreign-exchange intervention plan that has seen the peso depreciate 22% against the US dollar since April arguing the impact of international financial markets.
A broad coalition of Chilean politicians, Church leaders, environmentalists, indigenous groups and labor unions is calling on Chilean authorities to renationalize the country's fresh water resources.
Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim and Latinamerica's richest man is calling the current financial crisis the worst he has ever seen and anticipated it is going to impact everybody. It's a very difficult situation and it will affect all economies he added.
Stock markets in Latinamerica crashed on black Monday 29, following the US House of Representatives rejection of the bi partisan bail out package which had been painfully stitched over the weekend.
Organization of American States Secretary General Miguel Insulza said on Sunday he would request the United States to reconsider the decision to begin the process of suspending tariff benefits to Bolivia.
United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met on Saturday with Foreign Affairs ministers from several Latinamerican countries to address the political and economic relation between the US and the region.
Latin American exports' growth depends more on lower transport costs than on reduction of tariffs. This warning is in research Unclogging the Arteries: A Report on the Impact of Transport Costs on Latin American and Caribbean Trade.
Chile is exploring for methane gas from the abundant coal reserves in the extreme south region of Magallanes, more precisely 80 kilometers to the north of Punta Arenas.