Latin America

• Thursday, June 7th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Spain needs more immigrants to sustain economic growth

  Immigrants who live and work in Spain generated over half of the country's economic growth in the last five years, according to the report “España 2007” from the Encuentro Foundation which estimates that foreigners living in Spain represent 10% of total population, almost 4.5 million people.

• Thursday, June 7th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Venezuela and allies after defense bloc and development bank

  President Hugo Chavez called for the creation of a common defense pact between Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua and Bolivia and announced the creation of a development bank to finance joint projects for the four countries.

• Tuesday, June 5th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  President Bachelet hot and cold in Switzerland

  

  President Michelle Bachelet returned to Chile Tuesday after concluding a week long European tour Monday in Geneva, Switzerland, with a poignant speech at the United Nations Human Rights Commission.

• Monday, June 4th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Air traffic at 12 month high in April

  Chile's air traffic reached an historic high this past April, with 54,000 domestic passengers and 68,000 international travelers. The 680,665 passengers flying in April represent a 22 percent increase compared to the same period last year.

• Monday, June 4th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Washington/Caracas clash over democracy and free press

  United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Venezuela's Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro fired verbal attacks at each other on Monday in Panama over the closure of a key opposition television station in Venezuela that has prompted mass protests.

• Monday, June 4th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  LAN received first of 20 Airbus A318 to replace ageing 737-200 fleet

  LAN Airlines S.A. one of the leading airline groups in Latin America held Monday the reception ceremony for the first Airbus A318 aircraft to be incorporated into the Company's fleet.

• Sunday, June 3rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Insulza undercores values of inclusive democracy in Latam

  The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, defended Sunday the concept of democracy enshrined in the Inter-American Democratic Charter, which includes citizen participation, separation of powers, respect for human rights and respect for freedom of expression and of the press among the basic values of an inclusive democracy.

• Sunday, June 3rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Chavez threatens to end more private media broadcast licenses

  President Hugo Chavez threatened to terminate the broadcast licences of private media outlets seen as sowing unrest in Venezuela, just days after the nation's oldest private TV station was forced off the air when the Venezuelan government refused to renew its broadcast license.

• Saturday, June 2nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile returns to the Andean fold but as an “associate” member

  

  Bolivia's Foreign Affairs Minister David Choquehuanca announced Friday in La Paz that Chile had formalized its intention of returning to the Community of Andean Nations, CAN, which she abandoned 31 years ago.

• Friday, June 1st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile invites corporations to look for oil and gas in Magallanes

  

  Next week Chile will officially invite international corporations to participate in the exploration and production of hydrocarbons in the Magallanes Region. Chilean Minister of Mines Karen Pniachik will be in Punta Arenas for the opening ceremony.