Latin America

• Monday, June 2nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Chilean ruling coalition cringes and leaders call for unity

  Leaders from the Chilean coalition that has ruled since the return of democracy in 1990 warned that a setback in the coming municipal elections of next October could clear the way for a possible conservative victory in the 2009 presidential election.

• Sunday, June 1st 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Significant outlays in Punta Arenas airport concession renewal

  Next July 24 the Chilean Public Works ministry will announce the name of the company that will be awarded the concession of the Punta Arenas airport, in the extreme south of the country, said Juan Francisco Miranda the regional representative for the ministry.

• Sunday, June 1st 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Tracking satellite for Chilean military and civilian use

  Chile's Defence Ministry will be deciding in the coming days the acquisition of a satellite, dual purpose, military and civilian which is estimated would cost in the range of 70 million US dollars, according to military sources in Santiago.

• Sunday, June 1st 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Unemployment creeps in Chile with 8.2% in Santiago

  Unemployment continues to creep up in Chile, but the construction and financial services sectors softened the blow by adding more jobs in April than any other sector, the Chilean Statistics Institute (INE) reported on Thursday.

• Saturday, May 31st 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  World's richest man confident in Latinamerica's future

  

  Carlos Slim, president of Telmex, Mexico's telecommunications giant said he was confident in the current and future growth of Latinamerica during his participation in a forum in Mexico City to celebrate the country's fiftieth anniversary of the Economics Circle.

• Saturday, May 31st 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  TACA passenger jet crashes in Honduras; 5 killed

  A jetliner overshot a runway and raced onto a busy street in the Honduran capital on Friday, killing the pilot, two passengers and a motorist on the ground. At least 65 people were injured.

• Friday, May 30th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Unemployment in Punta Arenas remains stable at 2.6%

  Unemployment in Magallanes Region in the extreme south of Chile was 2.6% in the three months period, February, March, April, compared to a national average of 7.6%, according to the latest release from the Statistics Office.

• Thursday, May 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Fuel prices force Lan Chile to cut flights to US cities

  

  Lan Chile one of the leading air carriers in South America said it expects slower growth in 2008 because of rising fuel prices and lower than expected passenger volume, which will force it to scale down international flights.

• Thursday, May 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Lan resumes flights to center and extreme south of Chile

  Lan Chile and Sky Airlines resumed flights on Thursday to the south of Chile which earlier this week had to be suspended because of the high ash concentration in the atmosphere originated in the eruption of the Chaitén volcano.

• Wednesday, May 28th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Ecuador reinforces Colombia border with Russian choppers

  Ecuador which already has acquired combat aircrafts and frigates from Brazil and Chile announced the purchase of three Russian helicopters to reinforce its border with Colombia, announced the Commander in Chief of the Army General Ernesto Gonzalez.