Latin America

Friday, January 23rd 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Fidel Castro writes about Obama, Cristina and his death

Following five weeks of silence the Cuban leader Fidel Castro published on Thursday two letters or “reflections” in less than 24 hours where he addresses current issues as the new US president Barcak Obama, meeting Argentine president Cristina Kirchner and even talks about his health condition and death.
Thursday, January 22nd 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Chile: Billiton defers copper expansion project, axes 2.000 jobs

The world's largest diversified mining corporation, Anglo-Australian BHP Billiton announced on Wednesday 6.000 job cuts, 2.000 of which at operations in copper mines in Chile following the decision to defer expansion projects.
Thursday, January 22nd 2009 - 20:00 UTC
US Coast Guard conditions vessels arriving from Venezuela

As of January 23 the United States Coast Guard is imposing conditions of entry on vessels arriving from Venezuela. The measures will be applied to “any type of vessels arriving from Venezuela”.
Thursday, January 22nd 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Dengue emergency in Bolivia with 1.000 reported cases

Bolivian officials have declared a health emergency after three deaths attributed to dengue hemorrhagic fever, the often-lethal form of a mosquito-borne disease that more than 1,000 Bolivians are thought to have contracted since November.
Thursday, January 22nd 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Divided Bolivia expected to approve Morales constitution

Bolivians are expected to approve a new constitution on Sunday that the first indigenous president of the country Evo Morales hopes will transform the life of millions of his fellow citizens by giving them more power.
Wednesday, January 21st 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Chavez: “have no illusions” about new administration

Venezuela's leader Hugo Chavez called Tuesday on his followers “not to have illusions” with the new US President Barack Obama and no matter who's in the White House “the Bolivarian revolution will continue to advance”.
Wednesday, January 21st 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Cubans admit other priorities, willing to wait for changes

The official newspaper from the ruling Communist party in Cuba, Gramma said on Tuesday that the moment has come to “make effective” the promises and hopes of change announced by President Barack Obama, although the world crisis and other factors could limit him.
Tuesday, January 20th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Venezuela: “surplus” development funds or magic accounting?

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has announced the transfer of over 12 billion US dollars from “surplus” Central Bank international reserves to help finance government projects and keep the economy growing.
Tuesday, January 20th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Lan system passenger traffic for December was up 10.7%

Chile's Lan airlines and associates announced that its system passenger traffic for December 2008 grew 10.7%, and capacity rose 12.6%. This means that load factor declined 1.3 points over last year to 74.7%. The company noted that international passenger traffic accounted for about 68% of total passenger traffic.
Tuesday, January 20th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Scientists to prove Patagonia Antarctic points' landmass link

A multidisciplinary team of Chilean scientists left for Antarctic as part of an ambitious project to prove at some point in the history of the World, probably 200 million years ago, South America's Patagonia and the Antarctic Peninsula were landmass linked.