Latin America

• Wednesday, December 3rd 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  British built sub, first Chilean nautical museum

  

  Valdivia in the Chilean Los Rios region will become the final resting place for the Chilean British-built submarine “O'Brien” which is to be converted into a nautical museum, reports the local press.

• Wednesday, December 3rd 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Ten Latam countries concentrate 9.6% of world cellular lines

  

  Ten Latinamerican countries concentrate 388 million cellular phone lines, which is equivalent to 9.6% of the world's total 4.02 billion on service according to a release from multinational consultants Everis.

• Wednesday, December 3rd 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentina/Chile commemorate 1978 events in P. Arenas

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner travels on Thursday to Punta Arenas, extreme south of Chile, for the commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the crucial papal intervention which defused a full fledged war between the neighbouring countries.

• Wednesday, December 3rd 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Miami Cubans oppose continuing embargo on Castro regime

  

  A new US public opinion poll shows long-time support for the US embargo against Cuba is falling among the Cuban-American community in Miami, which reflects a shift of opinion away from harsh policies towards the Fidel and Raul Castro regime.

• Tuesday, December 2nd 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Chile-Peruvian spat: hopefully on Friday it's back to normal

  

  Tensions between Chile and Peru remained high Monday after last week's revelation that Peru's top army general said at a party that Chileans in Peru would be sent back in coffins or body bags.

• Tuesday, December 2nd 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  APEC forum helps boost Peruvian president standing

  

  Peruvian president Alan García's approval was up 8.1 points in November according to the latest release from the public opinion pollster CPI.

• Tuesday, December 2nd 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Suitcase scandal Venezuelan lawyer sentenced to jail

  

  A Venezuelan lawyer who worked with his government's intelligence services to cover up an 800,000 US dollars cash campaign donation to Argentina's president was sentenced Monday afternoon in a Miami federal court to two years in prison on charges of being an illegal foreign agent.

• Monday, December 1st 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Following visit Russian leader calls for bigger Latam role

  

  Russian president Dmitri Medvedev said he was very satisfied with his Latinamerican tour which took him to Peru, Brazil, Venezuela and Cuba because it enabled to re-establish strong links with the region.

• Monday, December 1st 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Chavez re-launches presidential indefinite re-election project

  

  President Hugo Chavez is asking his party and supporters to propose a constitutional reform that would allow him to seek indefinite re-election while claiming his political adversaries are trying to bring down his elected government.

• Monday, December 1st 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Uruguay, Colombia, Peru won't support Kirchner in Unasur

  

  Peru and Colombia don't support former Argentine president Nestor Kirchner for the job of Unasur (Union of South American Nations) secretary general, according to reports from Lima and Bogotá.