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Montevideo, October 22nd 2025 - 06:54 UTC

Latin America

  • Thursday, June 25th 2009 - 17:12 UTC

    Argentina/ Chile react differently to Brazil’s travel warning on flu

    President Bachelet said she was in complete disagreement with Brazil’s recommendation.

    Argentina and Chile reacted differently to this week’s advice from the Brazilian government against travelling to A/H1N1 virus flu-stricken Argentina and Chile by people older than 60 and younger than 2 as well as those with weakened immune systems.

  • Thursday, June 25th 2009 - 09:49 UTC

    Washington and Venezuela agree to re-establish their ambassadors

    Chavez and Obama’s premonitory handshake in Trinidad Tobago.

    Venezuela and United States will be re-establishing their ambassadors in the coming days, confirmed on Wednesday Venezuelan Foreign Affairs minister Nicolas Maduro Ambassadors Bernardo Alvarez and Patrick Duddy were withdrawn last September when hostility between President Hugo Chavez and former President George Bush climaxed following years of disagreements and diplomatic clashes.

  • Wednesday, June 24th 2009 - 15:25 UTC

    Obama praises Bachelet and Lula da Silva as “model relations”

    Presidents Bachelet and Obama at the White House

    United States president described his Chilean peer Michelle Bachelet as “one of the most compelling leaders” of Latinamerica and together with Brazil’s Lula da Silva they are an “example” of the kind of relations Washington wants with the region.

  • Wednesday, June 24th 2009 - 04:00 UTC

    South American wines help overcome the global crisis

    Argentine, Chile, Brazil, Peru wines are rapidly displacing low and high priced competitors

    As the world grits its teeth and grabs another glass of something to chase the blues away, South American wine producers are watching exports bounce. International wine sales from places like Chile, Argentina, Brazil and Peru are up in the first quarter of 2009, and industry professionals are saying the crisis has been positive for them.

  • Tuesday, June 23rd 2009 - 11:45 UTC

    Andes Aymaras celebrate arrival of winter solstice and New Year 5517

    Thousand waited for the first morning Tata Inti rays in Tiwanaku, at the beginning of the solstice.

    With hands extended towards the blue sky and at six Celsius below zero, thousands gathered on June 21st to receive the first sun rays from Tata Inti (Sun God) in Tiwanaku, Bolivia, in coincidence with the celebration of the winter solstice in the Southern hemisphere which signals the beginning of New Year Aymara 5517.

  • Monday, June 22nd 2009 - 12:16 UTC

    Ecuador joins ALBA this week, announced President Chavez

    President Rafael Correa becomes the ninth leader to officially join the Bolivarian project

    Ecuador together with the Caribbean islands of Saint Vincent and Grenadines and Antigua and Barbuda will be joining the Venezuelan sponsored Bolivarian Alternative of the Americas, ALBA, during a summit this week in Venezuela, announced President Hugo Chavez.

  • Monday, June 22nd 2009 - 12:03 UTC

    Support for Peruvian president plummets to an 18 month low

    The deadly clashes with protesting indigenous groups are showing up in the Peruvian public opinion polls.

    Peruvian President Alan Garcia's approval rating has fallen to its lowest level in 18 months, hurt by the deadly Amazonia clashes between security forces and indigenous protesters that killed at least 33 people, officially, and over 50 according to Indian sources.

  • Monday, June 22nd 2009 - 07:59 UTC

    Test for “new US policy”: Chile’s Bachelet meets President Obama

    The two presidents will address bilateral and hemispheric relations.

    Chilean president Michelle Bachelet begins on Tuesday an official two-day visit to the United States where she will be meeting with President Barack Obama at the White House, members of Congress and the Organization of American States Secretary General.

  • Sunday, June 21st 2009 - 11:10 UTC

    UN envoy calls for investigation of deadly clashes in Peruvian Amazonia

    Anaya said Indians who participated in protests are still missing

    A United Nations envoy on indigenous rights called for an impartial and internationally supported committee to investigate the deadly clashes between Peruvian police and Amazonian indigenous protesters that killed, officially, at least 33 people but which could be more than 50.

  • Saturday, June 20th 2009 - 16:38 UTC

    Billionaire Piñera and ex president Frei lead Chilean polls

    After 20 years of the ruling Concertación could be ready for a change: conservative Piñera

    Chilean billionaire and conservative presidential candidate Sebastian Piñera’s lead narrowed Thursday in the widely respected poll CEP, while underdog Marco Enriquez-Ominami jumped to 13%.