Latin America

Wednesday, July 11th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Organic yields “can better conventional farming”

Organic farming can yield up to three times as much food as conventional farming in developing countries, and holds its own against standard methods in rich countries, according to United States researchers.
Wednesday, July 11th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Chile's salmon industry catching on number one Norway

Low production costs, free trade agreements and a growing health food craze are giving Chilean salmon companies an edge over their Norwegian competitors.
Wednesday, July 11th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Chile promoting oil and gas exploration in Magallanes Region

Chile's Ministry of Mines announced this week that the period to acquire tender bases for the Magallanes Region oil and gas exploration project has been extended for another thirty days until Thursday August 9.
Tuesday, July 10th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Argentine group interested in managing Punta Arenas airport

An Argentine group firmly established in Patagonia is interested in participating in the tender for management of two of Chile's extreme south airports, Punta Arenas and Puerto Natales according to reports in the local press.
Tuesday, July 10th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Pope confirms Patagonian Mapuche native en route to beatification

Pope Benedict XVI signed last week a decree declaring the upcoming beatification of an Argentine Mapuche native from Patagonia. Ceferino Namuncurá, son of a native chieftain and student of the Salesian order of priests was born in the province of Rio Negro August 26, 1886 and died at Rome on November 11, 1905.
Tuesday, July 10th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Cold weather snap hits South America and more to come

Thousands of Argentines cheered and threw snowballs in the streets of Buenos Aires on Monday as the capital's first major snowfall since 1918 spread a thin white mantle across the region. The freezing spell also extended to Chile, Bolivia and Uruguay.
Tuesday, July 10th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Venezuela/Iran deliver first 300 “anti imperialist” cars

The first 300 units of the so called “anti imperialist automobile”, jointly produced by Venezuela and Iran were delivered this week in Caracas to recent graduates of the Venezuelan Military Academy.
Saturday, July 7th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
June inflation in Chile reaches 0.9%, the highest since 1991

The National Statistics Institute (INE) revealed this week that Chile's Consumer Price Index increased 0.9% in June. That figure is nearly double the 0.5% monthly government projection, and it revived calls for higher interest rates to calm inflation worries.
Saturday, July 7th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Bush administration wakes up to South America's reality

Several outstanding United States officials will be visiting “friendly” countries in South America to promote political and trade links in the framework of what has been described as the year of the “US commitment with Latinamerica”.
Saturday, July 7th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Panama to start work on Canal expansion

The first bid in a 5.2 billion-dollar project to widen the Panama Canal was issued on Friday to a Panamanian company, officials said.