Latin America

Sunday, January 13th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Western Antarctica ice sheet shrinking at accelerated pace

Western Antarctica and the Antarctic Peninsula have lost billons of tons of the continent's ice mass which means the Antarctic ice sheet is shrinking and at a rate that has increased dramatically between 1996 and 2006 according to a report published in the latest edition of Nature Geoscience.
Sunday, January 13th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Chile becoming UK's fastest growing wine supplier

Chile became in 2007 Britain's sixth supplier of wines and ahead of Spain for the first time according to the market analysis agency AC Nielsen.
Sunday, January 13th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Soaring commodities pulverized inflation targets in Latam

Peru, Panama, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Mexico and Uruguay are the Latinamerican countries expected to have the best economic performance in the region during 2008, according to the latest edition of World Economic Prospects from the World Bank.
Saturday, January 12th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Chile backs proposal for Dakar Rally in South America

The Chilean government will back a proposal to bring the Dakar Rally to South America after terrorist threats forced the cancellation of the off-road endurance race traditionally staged across the Sahara desert.
Saturday, January 12th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Bird flu: US/Chile coordinate detection in Tierra del Fuego

A United States delegation from the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (Department of Agriculture) visited Punta Arenas and Tierra del Fuego to coordinate efforts with their Chilean counterparts in preventing the appearance of invasive pathologies, particularly avian influenza (H5N1 strain) or bird flu.
Saturday, January 12th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Chavez lobbying for Colombia's FARC stirs new controversy

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has stirred up controversy by calling on United States and European governments to stop treating the cocaine funded Colombian rebel groups, which are holding hundreds of hostages, as terrorists.
Saturday, January 12th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Chile expects 700.000 foreign tourists in Jan/February

Chile expects 700.000 foreign and overseas Chileans tourists this summer, up 10% over the same period a year ago, which are expected to inject 400 million US dollars to the economy, according to estimates from the National Tourism Office, Sernatur.
Thursday, January 10th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Venezuela interested in Antarctica and its rich resources

Venezuela prepares to move into Antarctica following the naming of a “Presidential Commission on Antarctica” with the purpose of advising President Hugo Chavez on an official policy on the matter.
Thursday, January 10th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Two women Colombian hostages to be released Thursday

Colombia's government on Wednesday approved a mission sponsored by Venezuela to free two hostages held by cocaine funded leftist rebels, said a spokesman for the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Thursday, January 10th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Chilean exporters howling: US dollar falling to 480 pesos

With the US dollar in free fall the Chilean Association of Exporters, ASOEX have called on the country's authorities so that “once and for all they understand the situation that vast sectors of the Chilean economy are experiencing, particularly small and medium enterprises which represent a significant number of jobs”.