Latin America

Friday, November 21st 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Magallanes ten years of growth based on energy projects

In spite of the global recession and the international gloomy atmosphere, Magallanes region in the extreme south of Chile has been forecasted ten years of 6.3% annual average growth speared by investments in energy related projects.
Thursday, November 20th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Chile shocked with surfacing of vanished political prisoner

The reappearance of a man who was officially dead has shaken and outraged some in Chile which still mourns 1,196 other political prisoners who vanished in the hands of the 1973/1990 military dictatorship.
Wednesday, November 19th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Communist allies China, Cuba hold landmark summit

China's President Hu Jintao on Wednesday was to wrap up a landmark visit to Cuba where he brought millions of dollars in aid and promises of closer trade ties.
Tuesday, November 18th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Financial pyramids force Colombia into state of emergency

Colombia, a country that has adjusted to living with four decades of guerrilla warfare and drug cartels declared a 30 day state of emergency Monday to crack down on illegal investment schemes that lured millions of people with promises of high payouts, only to collapse amid rioting.
Tuesday, November 18th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Chavez' home state and family becoming election liabilities

With less than a week left for next Sunday's municipal and governor elections Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez arrived in his homeland to boost the campaign of his family who are candidates for the main posts of the province of Barinas and the city of Sabanera.
Tuesday, November 18th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Chinese president in Cuba on leg of Latam tour

President Hu Jintao began a two-day visit to Cuba by agreeing to increase Chinese purchases of Cuban nickel and sugar, and send farm goods to the communist-run island as it recovers from three devastating storms.
Tuesday, November 18th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
China still has Latin American ambitions

China isn't letting the global financial crisis shrink its ambitions in Latin America, where it has sunk billions into mining and replaced the United States as Chile's top trading partner.
Tuesday, November 18th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Salmon disease outbreak reappears in Magallanes region

Six months after authorities confirmed an initial, presumably isolated case of Infectious Salmon Anemia (ISA) in Magallanes (Region XII) the deadly fish disease is back: appearing recently on two farms in Chile's southernmost zone.
Monday, November 17th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Punta Arenas promotes rhubarb as an alternative crop

Magallanes Region is promoting rhubarb as an alternative crop for local small farmers and garden plots in the south of Chile where climate conditions are described ideal for the plant.
Monday, November 17th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Magallanes economy recovers dynamism expands 4.7% in Q3

Magallanes Region in the extreme south of Chile had a positive performance of 4.7% in the third quarter of the year breaking with a sliding tendency since the huge methanol complex close to Punta Arenas was forced to cut production because of insufficient supply of Argentine natural gas.