Latin America

• Saturday, April 21st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Venezuela: thousands march in support of freedom of speech

  Thousands of Venezuelans from the opposition marched Saturday downtown Caracas in support of the oldest private television station Radio Caracas Televisión, RCTV, which is threatened with removal from the air if the government of President Hugo Chavez does not renew its license next May 27.

• Thursday, April 19th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Chilean exporters complain strong peso against US dollar

  The current levels of the United States dollar in Chilean money markets where it dropped to 528 pesos this week, is in line with international markets, according to the country's Central Bank president Vittorio Corbo.

• Thursday, April 19th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile All Ways Surprising campaign in London cabs

  During a month and in the framework of the program “Chilean Weeks in Europe”, 30 cabs are circulating London with publicity on Chile and Chilean products under the motto “Chile All Ways Surprising”.

• Thursday, April 19th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Holland delivers fourth multi purpose frigate to Chilean navy

  

  Holland delivered this week the last of the four frigates sold to the Chilean Navy in the framework of the “Proyecto Puente II” to renew the navy's surface fleet.

• Thursday, April 19th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Growing concern about conservation of Machu Picchu in Peru

  

  The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is sending a mission next week to the Incan archaeological ruin of Machu Picchu in Peru amid mounting concern about the conservation of the World Heritage Site as tourist numbers increase and urban development encroaches.

• Thursday, April 19th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Latinamerica upbeat about prospects for 2007 and 2008

  

  Latin American economies have improved fiscal positions and achieved better shape than they have in decades, and risks to that stem mostly from the United States and China, according to a World Economic Forum report issued this week.

• Wednesday, April 18th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Chávez hints at buying Argentine nuclear plant

  

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez raised the idea of buying a nuclear power plant from Argentina yesterday and playfully suggested to his Colombian colleague Alvaro Uribe that it could be set up near Venezuela's border with Colombia.

• Wednesday, April 18th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  “Chavism” is non existent, “it's a president with a checkbook”

  Chilean former president Ricardo Lagos denied the existence of “Chavism” (President Chavez ideology) both in Venezuela and in the rest of Latinamerica but rather “a charismatic president with a lot of money available and who lacks a solid political support”.

• Tuesday, April 17th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile's main retail market chains invest in Punta Arenas

  The Punta Arenas retail market in the extreme south of Chile has significantly grown in recent years, attracting Chile's leading retailers. Retail giants Lider, Fallabella, La Polar and Johnson's have opened branches in the southern Region XII city over the past three years, and saw profitable returns in 2006.

• Sunday, April 15th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Ecuador: Landslide victory for Correa and new political model

  

  Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa achieved a solid political victory following the landslide support in Sunday's referendum to call a constitutional assembly with full powers to review the chart and set the foundations for a “new model” of country.