Latin America

Thursday, September 27th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Bolivia ignores US warnings and reaches out to Iran

Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and a delegation of 35 officials arrived Thursday morning in La Paz for a half day visit to Bolivia as part of Teheran's policy to break increasing international isolation, which is welcomed by left leaning regimes in the region anxious to counterweight United States influence.
Thursday, September 27th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Fallout from global financial turbulences finds Chile strong

After the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced that the economic crisis in the United States has not yet peaked, Chile's Minister of Finance Andres Velasco assured government officials this week Chile is prepared for economic turbulence.
Thursday, September 27th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
US/Peru trade pact vote signals change in Democrats stance

The free trade pact between the United States and Peru won bipartisan support in a crucial Congressional committee this week signaling that some opposition Democrats will be receptive to new trade deals as long as they call on other nations to adhere to international labor and environmental standards.
Thursday, September 27th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Chile confirms US trade threat in run-up to Iraq war

Current Chilean Ambassador to the United Nations, Heraldo Muñoz, confirmed this week that, in the run up to the Iraq war, the U.S. government made clear to Chile that it risked jeopardizing the Free-Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries if it did not support a second resolution in the UN Security Council favoring the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
Wednesday, September 26th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Exxon follows Shell and is divesting from South America

Exxon Mobil Corporation seems intent in leaving South America following recent compensation disputes with the Venezuelan government and the decision to sell its Argentine and Uruguayan units, according to some observers in Buenos Aires
Wednesday, September 26th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Conservationists buy and expand US Virgin Islands national park

A large stretch of coastal land has been secured by a United States conservation group, paving the way for the biggest expansion of the U.S. Virgin Islands National Park since it was created more than 50 years ago
Wednesday, September 26th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Two confronted visions on Latinamerica economic prospects

Dissenting views on Latinamerica future and economic prospects proved most evident during a recent Conference on the Americas sponsored by The Miami Herald and which gathered top government officials, economists and corporate leaders.
Wednesday, September 26th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
UN Human Rights Council seat seems certain for Chile

In a surprise announcement this week Venezuela said it will not seek a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council, thus paving the way for Chile to assume the position. Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez had been expected to put up a fight to obtain the seat.
Tuesday, September 25th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina and Brazil propose maintaining WTO fishing subsidies

The governments of Argentina and Brazil on Monday presented a joint proposal to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that would allow subsidies to developing countries for construction, purchase or repair of fishing vessels, and support for fuel supply and other fishery activities related to the livelihood of fishers and their families.
Monday, September 24th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
A Trojan Horse for Peru's Alan Garcia

The Peru that fugitive Alberto Fujimori will return to is going to seem very different from the one he left back in 2000. The man that he ordered to be captured either dead or alive in the 1992 coup is now the President of the Republic.