Latin America

• Saturday, May 26th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Sunday countdown test for Venezuelan media and Chavez

  

  The countdown has begun for Venezuela's oldest private television station: midnight Sunday Radio Caracas Television, the most widely watched channel, will be forced off the air after President Hugo Chávez's government decided not to renew its licence.

• Friday, May 25th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Judiciary corruption: several Latam countries named

  

  Corruption is undermining judicial systems around the world denying citizens' access to justice and the basic human right to a fair and impartial trial, sometimes even to a trial at all, according to the Global Corruption Report 2007: Corruption in Judicial Systems issued Thursday by Transparency International, the global coalition against corruption.

• Friday, May 25th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Police abuse a problem in Chile says Amnesty Int

  

  The influential human rights group Amnesty International (AI) released its annual report Wednesday, highlighting harsh police treatment of indigenous people, poor prison conditions and the country's 1978 Amnesty law as persistent problems in Chile.

• Monday, May 21st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile's Bachelet admits mistakes and opens the wallet

  Chilean president Michelle Bachelet, suffering from a significant downfall in her popularity caused by a controversial (and collapsed) public transport system in Santiago admitted Monday people had the right to be angry but promised that the problems will be overcome.

• Sunday, May 20th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Venezuelands march to support TV Station critical of Chavez

  

  Tens of thousands of Venezuelans marched Saturday to support a TV station aligned with opponents of President Hugo Chavez, whose government plans to kick the channel off the air next week by not renewing its license.

• Sunday, May 20th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile's ambitious project to triple beef production

  

  In three years time Chile could triple its beef production from the current 247.000 annual tons to 750.000 tons according to the country's Cattle and Sheep Genetics improvement Council which depends from the Ministry of Agriculture.

• Saturday, May 19th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Shipwreck yields estimated $500M treasure

  

  A record haul of half a million silver and gold coins from a 17th Century shipwreck may have been found just 40 miles from Land's End, an expert said.

• Friday, May 18th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Cuba to spend $185 million for tourism

  

  Cuba says it will spend about $185 million to upgrade more than 200 resorts, golf courses, marinas and other facilities in a bid to reverse a dip in tourism to the island.

• Friday, May 18th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Chilean salmon and trout exports up 19% in first quarter

  Chile's salmon and trout exports jumped 19% in the first quarter of 2007, compared to the same period a year ago totaling 713 million US dollars according to the latest release from the Chilean Salmon Industry, SalmonChile.

• Wednesday, May 16th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Book on British contribution to Magallanes development

  A book on the British migration contribution to the development of Magallanes region in the extreme south of Chile, was formally presented this week in Valaparaíso by the author, barrister and historian Mateo Martinic.